Russia’s Plans for a Tunnel to Alaska

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Russia and China are considering building a 100 billion dollar tunnel across the Bering Strait, providing the first physical link between Asia and North America. The idea for a Bering Strait bridge or tunnel has existed for a while. Recently though, Russia and China have proposed modern tunnels across the strait. These tunnels would have major benefits. They would improve intercontinental trade, cooperation and serve as feats of engineering. Unfortunately though, due to the current infrastructure and geographic conditions, they would be very expensive and difficult to construct.
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@rasallyjohansen3951 3 года назад

you know at this point everyone is just planning to build a tunnel smh

@mehrojsharofiddinov276 3 года назад

@Rasaslly Johanson What is your address to be

@XDgoodbye 3 года назад

Im building a tunnel to area 51. Who wants to help me?

@MemoirsofaBasketcase 3 года назад

He’s pumping content for the money.

@XDgoodbye 3 года назад

@@MemoirsofaBasketcase everyone does that though.

@beringstraitrailway 3 года назад

A bridge could probably be built quicker than a tunnel, since multiple spans of a bridge could be constructed at the same time.

@aes1373 2 года назад

Imagine if The entire world were to be connected through train lines like this. Like a worldwide train map

@SylkaChan Год назад

over a trillion over a virus, what's wrong with only a 100 billion?

@yonggeun4222 Год назад

this video bridge will connect the world, and who cares about islands

@trikyzerg8640 Год назад

I think it's pretty unrealistic at the moment, different country may use different type of rail for example Europe and Russia rails are incompatible

@errrno1761 3 года назад

“connecting the americas to all continents” australia: 👁👄👁

@martiddy 3 года назад

Technically speaking, Australia is not the continent, Oceania is the continent

@ipadair7345 3 года назад

Anatrtica: (-_-)

@yurinalysis8034 3 года назад

Antarctica Am I a joke to you?

@Omnibuul2.0 3 года назад

Yup but that just isn't gonna happen because they cap between Australia and Indonesia is VERY big

@carisi2k11 3 года назад

Don't worry about us here in Australia. We prefer to be an island. We don't want no tunnel to here. I think that Russia and China might have an issue doing this project since it would require the US to be onboard and I don't think that is likely to happen.

@worldcomicsreview354 3 года назад

"The first physical link between America and Asia" -Angry ice age noises

@MilesPD08 3 года назад

Underrated

@lucadigrazia9389 3 года назад

He is unaware of this.

@lucadigrazia9389 2 года назад

@@Unpopularity I mean it is not the first, as Asians populated North America.

@GAZAMAN93X 3 года назад

I don't see how this is gonna happen when you take Geopolitics into account.

@dazza2350 3 года назад

Surrrre.. just mentioning the name of a topic isn't really a reason, Jill's sandwiches

@donjohn5542 3 года назад

And money, the stuff russia hasn't got to fix it's singular smoking aircraft carrier. Tugboats pulling it are cheaper to finance.

@nervaxd2042 3 года назад

Well Russia and USA vs China in the future brah

@donjohn5542 3 года назад

@@nervaxd2042 China will take Russia from beneath. Free empty land. No defence. Full of Asian people. Why waste your resources getting it blown up across the world.

@sc5252 3 года назад

Can forget about that for the next thirty years!

@stephaniegraphie6776 3 года назад

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@leonardstone9013 3 года назад

Yes ! For real It is very important to have different streams of income and a diversified portfolio as for me I have already invested in crypto which is very profitable and easy to gain

@ronaldroy3066 3 года назад

Exactly I'm also happy to start investing too than to have my money sleeping in bank

@malikmuktar6665 3 года назад

Stocks are good but we have to make the right plans

@dianatyson6511 3 года назад

Yes Stocks are good but they are alot of businesses more convenient than stocks

@dividendsandincome6986 3 года назад

That’s the fact well I only invested in stocks and will love to know a better investment too

@brandonsummers30 2 года назад

As a electrical engineer, just thinking about what is needed to make this a reality, is mind-blowing.

@naturewatcher7596 2 года назад

This is what governments for - to make such projects happen. Not possible in an individualistic isolated world.

@1962recon 2 года назад

As a structural engineer, I admit it would be a challenge, but not an insurmountable challenge.

@joshbentley2307 2 года назад

@@1962recon no one lives on either side, what would be the point?

@1962recon 2 года назад

@@joshbentley2307 If you build it, they will come, but obviously with the Ukraine invasion it will not be getting built anytime soon.

@jeremiahblake3949 Год назад

@@1962recon as someone who lives in Alaska, no one's going to be coming en masse to western Alaska. We have a road all the way north, and it's also fairly uninhabited.

@rajnishraina 3 года назад

I would like to travel from Africa to South America completely by land via Europe, Asia and North America in my life time.

@mbitetto67 3 года назад

They would need to create a road in the Darien Pass between Panama and Colombia. There's no road currently between the two countries.

@jakartaharpman 3 года назад

Good luck with the Darien Gap😬

@John.0523 3 года назад

@Houssain Al ahmafi it doesn’t have to be by tunnel lmao, just spend some weeks driving up to Asia, then drive around to the tunnel, and then bleh

@liamwinter4512 3 года назад

If done right it would be an amazing scenic journey

@Elkelbash 3 года назад

Africa and south america are closer than you think..even if you go by a ship you could get there in less time than going around the whole planet

@thomastessier4529 2 года назад

A tunnel under the sea in one of the highest seismic zones on the world, brilliant.

@devonjames9883 2 года назад

yeah I was also wondering about that

@randomtask9643 2 года назад

No shit lol

@xxOblivionxx 2 года назад

Its obviously BS 😂😭

@driven01 2 года назад

Come on, what could go wrong?

@RFPishere 2 года назад

@@tictaktico What?

@cocotaveras8975 3 года назад

This would honestly be pretty cool if actually constructed! Just imagine the vacation travel stories.

@aquiegaloucura 3 года назад

This would most likely be for shipping and cargo there aren't many who live in that exact point in Russia and western alaska not to mention there aren't a huge amount of people who would actually take the tunnel if it were for driving and travelling

@IceglacierArnar 3 года назад

It has to be profitable....

@axelbruce2685 3 года назад

Alaska may be colonize my russia again if so scary!!!

@marcusbrajic7169 3 года назад

@@IceglacierArnar Not everything has to be profitable, in the U.S.A it does but not everywhere else. it might not be profitable at the start but might become later

@lesliechow4719 3 года назад

You can tell your kids about the time you tried to cross the Bering Strait and froze to death.

@sarysa 2 года назад

Greetings from 2022. I think this has been shelved indefinitely.

@bolstein5636 3 года назад

I feel that you skipped over one part why it's not going to get built... Politics

@brokkrep 3 года назад

That is exactly what he explained, but less banaly.

@Quacktum 3 года назад

I'm pretty sure the United States would be fine with it. I am American and alot of my friends are Russian they are really nice.

@donjohn5542 3 года назад

And money haha

@ghudbob8613 3 года назад

@@donjohn5542 if russia china and america all put together the money for it it wouldn't be much for them.

@donjohn5542 3 года назад

@@ghudbob8613 Italy has more worth than russia. Russia can barely afford the upkeep of their old tugged singular, coal powered carrier.

@honkhonk8009 3 года назад

Bruh. I live in BC. It would be amazing just being able to go to a whole different continent without even touching a plane.

@tristanesparza3036 3 года назад

D.C. you mean?

@tahahagar7664 3 года назад

@@tristanesparza3036 No B.C., which stands for British Colombia in Canada :)

@lebensmann6528 3 года назад

@@tristanesparza3036 did you know that canada exists? CRAZY right?

@seanbrummfield448 3 года назад

@@lebensmann6528 There's a place called Canada? My mind is blown right now.

@lebensmann6528 3 года назад

@@seanbrummfield448 you're welcome

@night-sky_ 3 года назад

Still. South America has no roads leading to North America cuz of the Darien gap at Panama and Colombia border, only planes and boats enter

@LoneWolf1493 3 года назад

I wanna say they’ve already done a video on that but if not, maybe they can suggest building a tunnel underneath the Darien Gap

@Dudenier 3 года назад

They want to prevent diseases from the south infecting the north(cows).

@jugraj48 3 года назад

economy would be major problem to build that road , it would need massive investment, small countries can't afford it

@night-sky_ 3 года назад

@Rose please

@johnburt1172 3 года назад

Given all the difficulties, quite possibly they should just run a subsea tunnel around the Darien gap, too.

@sanchitkumar6945 3 года назад

A few kilometres travel from Alaska to Russia and the date changes 😉

@jonathanr. 3 года назад

This is literally the last thing on the list of problems.

@sanchitkumar6945 3 года назад

@@jonathanr. Nope I am trying to say that it's exciting to move 24 hours ahead with 30 minutes drive.

@CJMapping 3 года назад

@@sanchitkumar6945 well it’s not 24 hours it’s 22-23

@sanchitkumar6945 3 года назад

@@CJMapping Yeah I am telling a rough estimate. I know it's a bit less than 24 hrs.

@oleggorky906 3 года назад

Well those islands are the Diomedes. Didn't they used to be called Yesterday the Tomorrow Island, because they straddled either side of the International Date Line?

@philoso377 3 года назад

Let’s talk about seismic activities stability in the region first.

@AncientOneFamily. 2 года назад

Exactly

@beringstraitrailway 2 года назад

The nearest tectonic plate boundary passes through the Asian continent, NOT through the Bering Strait!

@philoso377 2 года назад

@@beringstraitrailway yes.

@bruderspatzlemitso930 2 года назад

@Ischua_88 around but not in the Bering strait, the Aleutian Islands get most of the earthquakes in the region

@theprimest 3 года назад

If you're reading this you have the potential to create great things. Yes. You. Great video Futurology been a fan for a long time :)

@bonnievalls5037 3 года назад

Always thinking about money! The love of money is evil.

@cz1589 3 года назад

Those videos about tunnels to Japan seems technically more plausible and economic more sound, plus Japan might be willing to invest more then the U.S. Just for the record: from military perspective, tunnels are close to useless and harmless regarding invasions. Using them is the best way for a military disaster. Even when you control both exit points before transporting units trough it, it remains a very vulnerable route for sabotage attacks below sea levels with dept charges, torpedo;s and other means.

@LoneWolf1493 9 месяцев назад

I remember seeing a video of a proposed tunnel between northern Japan and Russia and I think that it would be more feasible to tie in this Bering Strait tunnel with the Japan-Russia link. It would be a shorter route and on account of geopolitics, I trust Japan over China in collaborating with Russia on such a project

@michaelazarov2065 2 года назад

Thanks for the work you put into making this video.

@oliverurhj4742 3 года назад

I love your videos, i enjoy them a lot

@roky9696 3 года назад

only I who want to see a tunnel between Hokkaido and Sakhalin?

@marcodarpa3908 3 года назад

Me too

@djordjerasic7482 3 года назад

would be amazing but probably isnt very important

@roky9696 3 года назад

@@djordjerasic7482 you have a point. But its fun to think about

@georgobergfell 3 года назад

I think this is even the furthest developed new international tunnel project right now

@davekorus 3 года назад

I dont think that will happen until Japan and Russia resolve their territory dispute.

@CommonCommiestudios 3 года назад

USA: ok, I gave you all this money, it means Alaska is mine, right? Russia 250 years later: OURS

@serenade4926 3 года назад

USA bought Alaska not donated to USA

@CommonCommiestudios 3 года назад

@@serenade4926 yeah my bad, edited

@warriorson7979 3 года назад

@@serenade4926 Bro....😑 That was more of a "token" than actual compensation...😒

@serenade4926 3 года назад

@@warriorson7979 Im sorry, I didn't realize pointing out mistakes is offensive to you. I will now be more careful when making comments. Thank you for your time and consideration!

@zakaryloreto6526 3 года назад

@@sujanshah9884 im pretty sure every single country has claimed land under national interest

@closmasmas9080 3 года назад

This is my go to channel to learn about mega tunnel and bridge projects

@OxO1236 Год назад

dont think that will happen now lol

@keiththoma2559 3 года назад

You should mention that there is a privately financed plan to connect Alaska to Alberta via Rail which would handle the connection part to North American freight network. With that said geo political concerns and environmental concerns would be hardest part to deal with for a project like this.

@aniinnrchoque1861 3 года назад

That's the mega project I'm most hyped for! To go from Petropawlowsk to Anchorage by train

@allbullaside7778 2 года назад

I never thought of this before this video and now I'm like, THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

@Mr.Carbon1 Год назад

Trains don’t have to compete with planes because trains are closer to towns and have relaxed security which would equal out the time difference

@johnpapa8681 2 года назад

I'd rather spend money to build this tunnel than waste it going to Mars to collect rocks.

@SA2004YG 2 года назад

Collecting rocks is only the first stage. We can't afford not to travel in space. Staying as a single planet civilization is just too risky

@mgk920 3 года назад

Several months ago the USA gave its assent to the proposed Alaska To Alberta (A2A) Railway to connect the Alaska Railroad (ARR) in the North Pole/Delta Junction, AK area with the CN at Fort McMurray, AB, so that part is already being covered.

@user-wx9og3rm9k 3 года назад

Good and objective review

@jameshines4012 3 года назад

Amazing idea and cant wait to see it happen ! If it does.

@HighPeakMapping 3 года назад

These are insane plans can’t wait to see something along the bering in the future!

@bmer8188 3 года назад

Would be cool, but the geopolitical climate of the countries involved is going to have to cool down a whole lot before this happens. That is a bigger hurdle than anything else

@Talkinglife 3 года назад

Nice video

@mildlydispleased3221 2 года назад

Everyone is forgetting that these rail lines will have to go through Canada.

@maavet2351 Год назад

Let them first build a road connecting Komchatkra and Chukotka to the rest of Russia and we can talk about building an underwater tunnel in the arctic.

@SeaJay_Oceans 3 года назад

As the Poles continue to melt, USA + Russia trade routes and shipping lanes open up. USA and Russia can grow more trade and cooperation - it profits both nations and they share many cultural values...

@JTL1776 3 года назад

USA SOVIET RUSSIA COLD WAR 1 1950'S TO 1991 2030'S USA AND RUSSIA ARE FRIENDS ALLIES PARTNERS sure sure sure it will be soooo easy.

@SeaJay_Oceans 3 года назад

@@JTL1776 USSR existed because After WW-2, USA sent constant ship loads of food and relief supplies to build up USSR... on MIR and the Sky Lab Space Station - USA & USSR worked out special deals, in private (very private - in Orbit !). After USSR departed, Russia still most powerful and largest land holder of former soviet states. USA shuts down it's own Space Shuttle program, and purchases rides to the International Space Station - funding and fueling the continual expansion of space technology for Russia. Yes, the Plebes know about the public competition between USA and Russia, but they generally are not told about the nuclear deals (SALT renewed again - always a good sign) and business contracts between the two nations.

@antovador 3 года назад

@@JTL1776 But Space progams between both countries are still good.

@TruthWaves22 3 года назад

Russia is a great country . Wish we could be best pals with them

@theepiccrafthouse9760 3 года назад

@@TruthWaves22 na communism is to scary for Americans

@kennethfears9254 2 года назад

The US does not need a tunnel connecting Alaska with Russia. The two countries do not trade or do tourism on a level that warrants a tunnel, or even a bridge.

@eggrollsoup 2 года назад

The tunnel would create new tourism or trade, it’s a good investment for the future, and it will help develop those areas.

@kennethfears9254 2 года назад

@@eggrollsoup bills hit, the climate in the area is too cold and actually uninhabitable. This can only mean an invasion ploy. THINK 🤔 This is not a necessary venture. Perhaps you should do your own research. . . . or travel by yourself, you'll find you will be all by yourself. This is not a good thing, it's like a bridge that leads to nowhere.

@hafizuddinsilimiyahikmb 3 года назад

I love your channel.

@ddr3629 3 года назад

I'm Russian and never heard about this tunnel. Great idea it's better to invest in infrastructure than in weapons.

@LoneWolf1493 9 месяцев назад

Plus it could have positive geopolitical implications for both the US and Russia, which I think the entire world could benefit from

@briantravelman 3 года назад

He forgot the BIGGEST issue, which is that particular region of Russia is completely off limits even to Russians. So there's no point in building a bridgr/tunnel if you won't let anyone use it.

@timetraveler2518 3 года назад

That part of the Siberia area is off-limited to human inhabitants because the forbidden territory belongs to woolen mammoths and their secret sanctuary.

@VccTn 3 года назад

@@timetraveler2518 oh wow I didn’t know that that’s weird

@timetraveler2518 3 года назад

@@VccTn sorry, I made this up. Woolly mammoth died out about 4000 years ago. However, there was evidence of woolly mammoth fossils on the island at the north of Siberia and not far from Alaska. Here is the info. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191007081750.htm

@shreyasbhatt7112 2 года назад

@@VccTn bruh moment

@beringstraitrailway 2 года назад

Russian wants to see this built so they will need to approve a transportation corridor through those sensitive areas, in order to get the rail network built. I believe they will do that.

@josephj6521 2 года назад

Do it! In Sydney, Australia, a tiny 10km tunnel seems to cost the same as this 80km+ tunnel. The benefits are immense! Freight, tourism, etc.

@ckdigitaltheqof6th210 3 года назад

Hyperloop would be a handy attempt in these path, only i recommend what I'd nick name, 'Turbineloop', air parallel in motion with the craft sync ratio with its top speed support of 250~390kmh, while the cart/pod/train is at over 700mph, its cut the sonic barrier range under, with a moving wind tunnel. No decompression or infistructure management THAT space age in expense.

@nathanseper8738 3 года назад

Russian guy: I can build a bridge to Alaska. Putin: Time to get back what's mine!

@Longey9000 3 года назад

Lol

@lebensmann6528 3 года назад

@Rose you don't really believe that do you?

@lebensmann6528 3 года назад

@Rose you are kidding right?

@lebensmann6528 3 года назад

@Rose if you buy something you sign a contract...

@lastcalifornian1791 3 года назад

*China and Russia* “we want to tunnel into the United States..” *United States* “uuuuuuhhhhhhhh” lemme get back to you

@kymanibrown8039 3 года назад

Russia must be furious, they sold Alaska

@stumpedii8639 3 года назад

if you look at the momentum.. it's the usa going into the toilet.. not china.. not sure what russia is doing..

@ddr3629 3 года назад

@@kymanibrown8039 Not so many people wants to live in a cold place, even Russians(16% of population concentrated in two cities, 73% live in European part). To develop the territories near and beyond the Arctic Circle we pay people there x1.5 and x2 salaries. Alaska might stay almost unpopulated if it was not sold. By the way, even such a rich country as the United States is not very good at Alaskas development. Canada also has problems with the northern territories.

@ErikPT 3 года назад

@@kymanibrown8039 Putin said he doesn’t want it back he wants the old USSR satellites back

@ButterDog42069 3 года назад

@@ddr3629 yeah, but the true beaty of it are resourses. Maybe nobody would live there, but if it was still part of Russia, then Russia, already being one of the largest oil exporters, would have a near monopoly on oil trade, shared with only some middle eastern countries like Saudi Arabia

@hellohello-oy2qe 3 года назад

nice video

@thecakeofcommunism503 3 года назад

Yes! We need that!

@joseftullen6372 2 года назад

Like everyone else I was excited when I first heard about a tunnel. But after watching this it kind of seems a very difficult undertaking. The perma frost for one would be a problem. I would think engineering would come up with solutions for every obstacle. The possibilities if it were to be built of course are endless. The jobs it would create would be mind blowing throughout the world 🌍🌎. There would have to be a Kennedy type commitment I think for this to even get started. It probably could be completed within a decade with a commitment and I would be able to hop a train and spend the holidays somewhere in Germany or wherever.

@randomperson288 3 года назад

please make a video about the plan to transform the qatara depression in egypt into a lake

@onlymediumsteak9005 3 года назад

Love this project, if the depression was fully filled up, it would lower the ocean level by ~3-3.5mm. This would buy us 1 year in rising ocean levels and could safe tons of money around the world.

@claudespeed50 3 года назад

Yesssss

@timeflysintheshop 3 года назад

Yes please! I once calculated if the qatara depression was filled with seawater, it would lower global sea level .125 inches (about 3mm). It may offset sea level rise for a year or so and create climatological benefits for egypt.

@geoffreythorberg2580 3 года назад

Fill all the below sea level zones... and re-green all arid zones: 1. Dead Sea and Sea of Galilee, Israel, Jordan 2. Lake Assal, Djibouti 3. Turpan Depression, China 4. Qattara Depression, Egypt 5. Caspian Depression and Arial Sea, Kazakhstan 6. Laguna del Carbon 7. Death Valley, CA, USA 8. Salton Sea, CA, USA 9. Lake Eyre, Australia 10. Rift Valley, Kenya 11. Taklamakan Desert, China 12. Sahara Desert, North Africa etc... Some are a work in progress, others are in need of inspiration and motivation.

@drmustjab 3 года назад

@@geoffreythorberg2580 is their videos on these project's???

@andrewthacker114 3 года назад

Interesting thanks

@f.jgouda810 3 года назад

That will be great !

@acezszx 3 года назад

"I'll believe it when I see it." -Phineas and Ferb's mom

@salami99 2 года назад

so true aahah

@josephpentony4804 3 года назад

Truly a great idea to help ease tensions.

@SpiritmanProductions Год назад

UK Gov't: For £100bn we'll build a 230km high-speed railway linking London with part of the North. China: For £100bn we'll build a 10,000km high-speed railway linking Asia with North America.

@christianenevoldsen6124 3 года назад

Cool video keep up the god Work

@harveykahler3979 2 года назад

This has been proposed for a long time. The tunnel depends on better US-Russian-Chinese relations and trade.

@josephkondrat7084 3 года назад

Since the world already knows about the tunnel between Great Britain and France, it seems feasible to also build a tunnel between Russia and the U. S. The only problem that I could see about the plan is the fact there are few roads at either end to go anywhere.

@murdechoc Год назад

but people had the same issue when building the first roads and railways. They had to start from nothing.

@jeremiahblake3949 Год назад

There aren't few roads, there are NO roads.

@admiralbenbow5083 Год назад

The reason there are no roads on the russian side is because there is nowhere to go. The only town of any consequence is 4300km away. The Channel tunnel is 60 miles to the South of me. This is a very different place.

@edyann Год назад

I hope that happens one day because I'm deathly afraid of planes. I'm planning a trip to Alaska in the near future but via my Jeep. I've already googled the drive and it will take me approximately 3 days to arrive from where I live, (Baja California.) I just want to be able to see for myself how it looks to be able to see Russia from Alaska. Must be an amazing view!

@vdsjet2940 3 года назад

This I love to see very much😊

@krateng 3 года назад

"They're coming in through Alaska" - General Braidwood

@salami99 2 года назад

Also reminds me of Battlefield bad company 2's ending

@maartena 3 года назад

I think this will only work as a freight line. There is literally no-one who is going to drive or take a train from e.g. Seattle to Vladivostok. People would just take a plane. Freight, however is no problem. It doesn't matter if it takes freight a week to travel between e.g. China and the 48 US states.... But I don't think this will actually be profitable for decades.

@jrr6947 3 года назад

You'd be surprised. An 80-year old grandmother drove from Cape Town (South Africa) all the way to Britain via the Egyptian land connection with the Middle East. It took her two weeks. And she visited 50 countries at the same time.

@IronHorsefan1869 3 года назад

I'd rather take a train between the two

@logans3365 9 месяцев назад

If only we could collaborate as a species instead of as countries, the things we could build would be phenomenal. This rail link may be difficult, but really it’s just a drop in the bucket when the project is tackled by every major superpower, the benefits of the link would be immense, making boats and planes nearly obsolete for the majority of people. The train ride might be a little longer, but it will be a lot more comfortable, and environmentally friendly. And cargo ships can’t even compete on speed, let alone emissions and safety.

@bensmith2951 2 года назад

Also if the permafrost thaws and all the ice melts, sea levels will rise, so meaning they have to built the bridge or a tunnel even longer

@Gautier-cw9bu 3 года назад

7:40 yes but all the fret between china and the us is currently transported by boat and plane, both super polluting, and a train connetion would provide an option almost as cheap as boats and almost as fast as planes, and that doen't emit much co2, so it would actually probably be a good thing for the envirronment

@icemandos 3 года назад

For the time being it would be pretty awesome to have a ferry service.

@joseftullen6372 2 года назад

Your right.trains go as far as they can then ferries take it from there. I think that would be cost effective as far as freight. There would have to be a large amount of ferries. Probably hundreds.

@amarbayartvandanragchaa3706 3 года назад

Nice!

@vdsjet2940 3 года назад

This is very good

@davidgreene2298 2 года назад

Tunnel is a great idea maybe i can finally drive there. Neighbor's are supposed to get along and respect each other not make fake news about Russia for decades.

@CraigH999 2 года назад

There is absolutely no appetite for high speed rail in either Canada or the US. Alaska's terrain would make it almost necessary to tunnel most of the state let alone dealing with the extreme cold and weather. This is probably one of the biggest pipe dreams I've ever seen. Just not going to happen, given the relationship that Russia and China has with the US and the strained relationship between China and Canada.

@grzegorzjuchniewicz7158 3 года назад

Excellent idea ! The application of robotics, AGI ,material science and big data as well as weather control will solve all the problems. As far as railway, maglev trains and hyper loop tech inside the tube would be the solution. Money is not an object. It would be great if nations could combine know how and bridge the difference:-)

@ErikPT 3 года назад

I wish, one thing we always ignore in Economics is the human element-humans aren’t 100% responsible nor 100% rational. Only in economic theory can we play with this idea, I can already see Congress lambasting a proposal to lobbyist looking to score big.

@DjBatman 3 года назад

I'm Brazilian 🇧🇷 and i love your videos

@texasaggie8449 2 года назад

Why would we want to have a tunnel to our enemies?

@jonesy4588 2 года назад

biggest enemy is in the white house

@creepie0520 3 года назад

But I don't think this could happen in the near Future, because of the tense political situation between China and the US.

@AdamSmith-gs2dv 3 года назад

China and US? What about Us And Russian relations they are even worse

@honkhonk8009 3 года назад

@@AdamSmith-gs2dv Russian relations are better than China and the US. The Americans are forced to cooperate with China, but would much rather have another bussiness partner. The US is fine with Russia, however tensions have been worsened through Crimea, and continue to be affected. Putin should have accepted trumps proposal for cooperation.

@gabbar51ngh 3 года назад

@@AdamSmith-gs2dv russia isn't much of a threat. Only few democrats think of russia as a threat due to conspiracy theories

@lebensmann6528 3 года назад

@@AdamSmith-gs2dv not really, especially because china will be a threat to russia in the near future.

@south_tetrimus5164 3 года назад

@@AdamSmith-gs2dv US and China relations are even worse

@scamdemicpoliticalvirus1123 3 года назад

That will be great

@subhashthapa9181 3 года назад

I just hope to see that day when whole world come together helping each others, where there is no room for any wars... That day will be a dream day for humankind.

@DivineOrange 3 года назад

That will most likely happen hundreds of years from now, not happening any time soon

@pistl5340 3 года назад

Aren’t water and air technically a physical link as well?

@Ma1akai 3 года назад

No shit but this is a land connection

@Keithblazeraw 3 года назад

With a combined (USA, Russia, China) GDP of $35.77 trillion dollars....I would expect for it to be built already

@honkhonk8009 3 года назад

Its just hard to convince governments honestly. While it is feasible, America is at a trade war with china, and it might benefit China more than it might benefit the US. While it sounds petty and isolationist, It just does not make sense for Americas current political situation.

@costakeith9048 3 года назад

It's feasible, just not economically viable, at least in the short term. About the only part that could be profitable is an associated oil pipeline; rail and road transport simply doesn't offer substantial advantages over ship (the lowest cost option) and air (the fastest option) transport. In the long run I think it would do a lot to help develop both western Alaska and the Chukchi Peninsula, but it would take decades to see any real results and governments don't tend to plan that long term in this day and age.

@Gastell0 3 года назад

@@costakeith9048 Energy though, if you could connect solar generation across such a wide distance, you can feed solar energy directly to areas where there's no longer any sun due time of the day, it is project of legendary size, but it surely opens huge possibilities for energy sectors

@costakeith9048 3 года назад

@@Gastell0 You would need a superconducting conduit to be able to do that with acceptable loss and the amount of energy required to keep such a massive superconductor at temperature (they need to be kept near absolute zero) would be prohibitive. But, if there were some fundamental advancement in materials engineering and someone invented a room temperature superconductor, then that might make sense.

@Gastell0 3 года назад

@@costakeith9048 Currently it would be more efficient to develop (long overdue) localized energy storage near point of generation to make a more sprawling network of such generating and storage facilities to make it more of a power shifting between nodes than a ling range point to point energy transfer

@michaelmcclellan6944 3 года назад

A truly a marvelous idea

@user-gc2wi4xq7c 3 года назад

The trail has to built to super high speed trail .We really hope so .Thank you.🙏🙏🙏🍀🍀🍀👍👍👍✌✌

@newmanchester8504 3 года назад

They can just build the underground tunnel across the Bering Strait just like for the UK and France. They also need to build Eurotunnel-style stations on each side. One on the USA side and the other on the Russian side. Also they need to build special train cars to house cars and buses for vehicles own by people who want to travel by car. The trains need to be strong enough to pull train cars with buses, cars and freight trucks. Train cars for human passengers, train cars for passenger vehicles/buses for people who want to travel back and forth between the new world and the old world and freight trucks. And also people will also have to book and pay for a trip across the Bering Strait at tunnel stations on both sides and show their passports. Russia and China will get together building the tunnel on their side and the United States needs to get with Canada to build their side. Plus, the USA needs a president who will be for it.

@AncientOneFamily. 2 года назад

Being on the ring of fire, I don't find that decision to be very wise

@eduardosantabaya5348 2 года назад

Santiago de Chile has a subway, and it suffered a M9.1 earthquake without damage, Tokyo the same. But an infrastructure like that has increased costs.

@sureshpatel945 3 года назад

Very good plan 👍. please do it asap.

@JohnDoe-fm1su 2 года назад

That is awesome and terrifying if they manage to make it work.

@jgr7487 3 года назад

you can go from Lisbon to Vladivostok by rails. just saying. btw, what about Canada? any railway or road from Alaska to the Contiguous 48 crosses Canadian territory.

@peytongorshavitzki6933 3 года назад

the Canadians will take it 😘

@anthony_depaz 3 года назад

Then they will build another underwater tunnel from Alaska to Washington State 😂

@nathanlittlejohn7720 3 года назад

Anyone arriving to the Alaska side from Russia will be pretty bummed when they realize there are no roads...

@roodborstkalf9664 3 года назад

Yes, USA and Canada need to build some roads.

@f4ephantom 3 года назад

@@roodborstkalf9664 For an imaginary train tunnel? Good luck selling that.

@roodborstkalf9664 3 года назад

@fpeletz Better watch it yourself see ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UdYD3QAvh58.html

@roodborstkalf9664 3 года назад

@fpeletz : in a way transport is quite easy. You have larger and smaller ships, trains, trucks and planes, all with prices per product/per distance. Products have higher or lower value/m3, and higher or lower levels of perishability and fashionalibity. All prices in this system vary according to supply and demand of all factors, trends in technology and government (mis)interference. A tunnel under the Bering street will in the long run probably result in great quantities of more expensive, more perishable and more fashionable Eurasian goods entering the North-and South-American market by train and vice-versa. There is room for at least 50 and maybe 500 freight trains per day. There will also be a tourist market for adventurous people traveling by car from Bariloche to Capetown.

@roodborstkalf9664 3 года назад

@fpeletz : Yes, I'm fortunate enough to live in North-Western Europe.

@Sulaiman-fx4ey 3 года назад

Verry good idea

@maxwalker1159 3 года назад

Cool

@FSXgta 3 года назад

Imagine if China could just roll cargo trains over to the US at an insane pace

@Toronagaa 3 года назад

You conveniently forgot that the rail lines has to go through Canada. It will not be happening without Canada consent.

@TheCrayon0034 3 года назад

Yeah But Canada will consider anything when it comes to boosting there economy especially for low develop part of it 🇨🇦🇺🇸

@alexmashkin863 3 года назад

When USA says Jump, Canada asks How high :-)

@davidcollins2993 3 года назад

China says its ok so you will do it.

@naradaian 3 года назад

Canada... what’s that? Oh yeah that Do we own it? Ah ha. Next.

@master.9202 3 года назад

Canada is going to gain money from that, they wont refuse...

@gentleeyes 2 года назад

Hoping they add passenger rail to that tunnel. That could help reduce the greenhouse gasses you mentioned. And while you're at it, get it to run all the way to Schengen.

@orthofox9302 3 года назад

Love to see it

@mrandorex7495 3 года назад

Everytime he makes these videos, I literaIly turn on and be like yes pleaseeee

@tuurehu3392 3 года назад

4:31 -20 is really not that cold though

@pixel6698 3 года назад

Uh sure bud I'd like to see you working in that temperature.

@Admin-gm3lc 3 года назад

@@pixel6698 Russians can work at -40

@LoneWolf1493 3 года назад

On the surface, yes. But underground? I’d imagine it would be much warmer

@garykaplan7728 3 года назад

I like this idea for a train and highway link. A lot of development opportunities.

@drifzyy Год назад

Finland and Estonia, Germany and Denmark, and Russia And USA. I think they wanna build this to invade Alaska

@waynejacksonofficial Год назад

NOT ANYMORE!!!

@rusitoexplorador 3 года назад

I can't wait for having European and Russian license plates in the USA ;)

@kostyapolykova9879 3 года назад

The Americans can’t handle that!

@f4ephantom 3 года назад

Have you seen some of those Russian bad driver videos? Those folks drive like maniacs.

@rusitoexplorador 3 года назад

@@f4ephantom Well I bet it is selection bias since everyone there has dash cams

@HarrisMcGrade 3 года назад

Honestly, a good way to solve the problem of different systems of measurements would be to make it more of a highway for 18-Wheelers and such. A Boering Tunnell outfitted for Tesla and official vehicles would be interesting, to say the least.

@1962recon 2 года назад

Venting the exhaust fumes will be a major challenge.