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The $20-Trillion Tunnel That Could Link New York and London - Newsweek (www.newsweek.com)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

The switch to steam was not just speed. More important than speed is to reliably arrive when expected. Which modern freight does (by and large). The few cases where speed is actually needed probably wont be enough to finance an entirely new transport medium, but we will see.

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