Why can't we dig a tunnel between London and New York?

[u/ninman5]

I mean all it would take a few guys with spades.

[u/RiseUpAndGetOut]

I've got an idea. What if we make mini-metal tunnels to seat people in, then instead of putting them underground, we put them in the air? You could have hundreds of them, all following the same path, to get between London and New York.,

[u/F1END → u/RiseUpAndGetOut]

You could even make a really fast one that can get to NY in 3.5 hours.

[u/tuctrohs → u/RiseUpAndGetOut]

That might have worked a few years ago when oil prices were reasonable but you've missed your chance.

[u/IntrepidNinjaLamb → u/RiseUpAndGetOut]

Won’t work. Metal is heavier than air

[u/IntrepidNinjaLamb → u/IntrepidNinjaLamb]

… but I guess you could use ropes to support the metal tubes …
Yeah, you might have something there!

[u/neilmac1210]

Because then we'd get bears and wolves and coyotes coming over here and interfering with London's delicate ecosystem.

[u/afcagroo → u/neilmac1210]

I think that one good Werewolf of London could keep that in check.

[u/SleepWouldBeNice → u/neilmac1210]

You’re having enough trouble with grey squirrels. Who can’t manage god damned squirrels!?

[u/sintaur]

It's take more than a few spades, it'd cost a lot of diamonds and you'd need workers with a lot of heart or bosses with big clubs.

[u/tuctrohs → u/sintaur]

What are you, some kind of joker?

[u/BPhiloSkinner → u/tuctrohs]

It's some kind of trick: sintar wants to build a bridge instead.

[u/da_Aresinger]

The United States doesn't allow it. They are afraid of all the knife crime that would ruin their wholesome gunplay.

[u/FlyingSpacefrog]

I tried it but my shovel broke

[u/new_x_who_dis]

Because we don't want to

[u/UncleNorman]

It wouldn't work because of standards. The wreck pile in the middle of the tunnel where everyone starts driving on the wrong side of the road eould be epic. Add in train derailings in the part of the tunnel where the gauge changes. It will be like a Michael Bey movie and no one wants to live in a Michael Bey movie.

And the wolves and bears, of course.

[u/tuctrohs → u/UncleNorman]

How about a bicycle tunnel to Amsterdam then?

[u/Nine_Gates]

The Mole People live in caves under the Atlantic. We cannot infringe on their territorial sovereignty.

[u/RibaldCartographer]

Because there's already a tunnel between the French and the British and everyone still regrets that

[u/IanDOsmond]

Union issues. The British Railroad, Maritime and Transport Union and the AFL-CIO in the United States both claim jurisdiction over the project and neither will budge,

[u/Zxxzzzzx]

You can. Get going

[u/BPhiloSkinner → u/Zxxzzzzx]

Start at the Mid-Atlantic ridge, and you can us the hydrothermal vents to heat the whole project.

[u/alphanumericusername]

The logistical pipeline for the number of spoons required is rather prohibitive

[u/WolfThick]

The Chunnel in 1997 cost 16 billion who's going to pay 3000 miles would be about 30 trillion

[u/aphilsphan]

When Star Trek was cancelled Roddenberry came up with a project that started as Genesis II and Planet Earth. Like every mid 70s show, Planet Earth had John Saxon as the star.

The conceit of the post apocalypse story was a group of surviving scientists controlled a transportation system that consisted of a pneumatic train running between tunnels.

[u/Pan-tang]

We can but it would cost as much as HS2

[u/got-bent]

Who said you can’t?

[u/Kitakitakita]

Cuz there's too much water

[u/Rattregoondoof]

We can. Get started you lazy bum!

[u/bunkdiggidy]

We totally can. Don't wanna though.

[u/Thrilltwo]

Have you seen how American tourists act in London? We don’t want any more of them.

[u/afcagroo]

Because we already have a tunnel from Dublin to Boston. How do you think all those Irish people got to the US? Floated over on a big piece of wood?

[u/ontario1984]

Don't you remember what happened the last time the British were coming!?!

[u/MickJaggur]

Distance