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2004-04-05 Europe
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Posted by tipper 2004-04-05 11:28:09 AM|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Scary stuff, but thought-provoking - if only the Euros would listen . . .
Posted by The Doctor 2004-04-05 12:02:55 PM||   2004-04-05 12:02:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I think continental Europe's screwed.

Time to save Mother England: sink thousands of stout pylons deep into bedrock along the U.S. Eastern seaboard, and all across Britain. Then stretch block and tackle between here and there, and start ratcheting.
Posted by Dave D.  2004-04-05 12:11:49 PM||   2004-04-05 12:11:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 The English finally discovered the joy of a metric money system.... if they learn to drive on the proper side of the road I'll be on my way.
Posted by Shipman 2004-04-05 12:36:34 PM||   2004-04-05 12:36:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Where's Aris? Greece will be back in the Ottoman Empire (version 2.0) before long. Europe is in deep shit - damned socialism has done 'em in.
Posted by Spot  2004-04-05 1:27:56 PM||   2004-04-05 1:27:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Cheez, Dave, no need for that. If the Brits can build the Chunnel, we can build version 2.0 from Liverpool to Boston. It could even tie into the new expressway there. I suppose our friends to the north would want a branch tunnel to Halifax, seems only fair.
Posted by Steve White  2004-04-05 1:55:34 PM||   2004-04-05 1:55:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 As a native, I claim the right to attach (merrie olde) England to New England. Apart from the many historical and cultural reasons, our weather is a good match :)
Posted by Carl in N.H 2004-04-05 2:02:37 PM||   2004-04-05 2:02:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 SteveW, is the Chunnel v. 2.0 what they mean by the "Big Dig"?
Posted by RWV 2004-04-05 2:16:10 PM||   2004-04-05 2:16:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 It is inevitable. As people and cultures struggle for, and eventually achieve a better existence, they loose the raw, emotional passion of the original struggle. Having is not always as good as wanting. Muslims have that fire in their belly. Hah!..the joke's on them! Wait until they get what they want!
Posted by Vandor 2004-04-05 3:49:43 PM||   2004-04-05 3:49:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 If the Grey Lady is printing this, you know its bad. Once again, you read it at Rantburg first.
Posted by 11A5S 2004-04-05 6:12:44 PM||   2004-04-05 6:12:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Steve White: you want it to go from Liverpool to Boston????? That's a helluva expensive proposition, for two reasons:

First, Boston is Teddy Kennedy turf. It would take hundreds of billions of dollars just to build the tunnel entrance ramps.

And second, the westernmost thousand miles or so of that tunnel will have to be built with a breakdown lane for Bostonians to drive on during rush hour- otherwise they won't know how to cope.
Posted by Dave D.  2004-04-05 8:58:37 PM||   2004-04-05 8:58:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Yep, that article pretty much sums up the EuroStan that is developing before our eyes.

Shipman---that transatlantic tunnel sounds like quite a challenge. Frank and I will design in in our spare time. An especially challenging part will be an expansion joint along the mid atlantic ridge, where seafloor spreading occurs. It will have to withstand 6000 to 9000 psi, too. No problem.
Posted by Alaska Paul on the Road 2004-04-06 12:04:33 AM||   2004-04-06 12:04:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 A few nukes launched to the Mideast would cut those nasty demographic numbers.Unfortunately,we have to exterminate these rats.They called the terms of war,Islam or death...they will get death.
Posted by WhiteHouseDetox  2004-04-06 12:24:11 AM||   2004-04-06 12:24:11 AM|| Front Page Top

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