To take full advantage of a trans-Bering railway, you'll need new trunk lines--Trans-Siberian is too long, circum-Arctic railway when???pic.twitter.com/O1grU7WmMr
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Very rough sketch of corridor I'm thinking of...8000 miles long. Quebec to Arkhangelsk. 26h 40m at avg 300mph (maglev, current tech speed)pic.twitter.com/m6JTAlCkcc
The idea would be to have various lines branching off of this trunk line, connecting to actually inhabited parts of the world
Many, many problems w the idea: - Unimaginably expensive - Very difficult terrain (permafrost!) - Tremendous electricity demand - Politics
To say nothing of the questionable utility of it. So, this isn't me saying "we should do this!" but rather "if we DID do this..."
Wow that is...north
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