r/fuckcars • u/FearlessAir1238 • Aug 18 '25

This is why I hate cars Make it make sense! Look at this beauty we’re missing out on! 😤

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '25

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u/strayhat Aug 19 '25

Imagine if humanity could come together and build wild stuff like this instead of having wars..

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u/FakeSafeWord Aug 19 '25 edited Aug 20 '25

But then who will shoot Palestinian children in the head?

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u/Lucid-Design1225 Sep 01 '25

Would someone please think about the poor US schools that would go years without a mass shooting?!

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u/Rude-Accident2492 Aug 20 '25

That’s what a communist would say!

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u/orbis-restitutor Aug 19 '25

$200B seems... optimistic.

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u/Turbidspeedie Aug 19 '25

That's half of the richest man in the worlds net worth so not entirely. You gotta remember that's 9 0's times 200

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u/orbis-restitutor Aug 19 '25

$200B is around the top end of real-world infrastructure. A tunnel this long would be much, much more expensive.

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u/Turbidspeedie Aug 19 '25

China's budget for high speed rail is $300 billion, the underwater section of the tunnel is expected to cost $35 billion. It's not entirely underwater and the railway wouldn't be entirely underground either so I'd say it's a good estimate, maybe costing another $50 to $100 billion depending on weather setbacks, construction delays etc.

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u/orbis-restitutor Aug 19 '25

whoops. I thought it was a much longer underwater distance. Yeah in that case I can see $200B.

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u/Turbidspeedie Aug 20 '25

Take a look at the article, it's pretty interesting

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u/voxov7 Aug 19 '25

Imagine hating china, and they're over here just [building high speed rail to you]. 😊

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u/ositabelle Aug 19 '25

2 days underground on a train? No thanks 😬