How beneficial would a railroad tunnel and pipeline between Russia and Alaska (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bering_Strait_crossing) be to the U.S.? It would certainly give us new trade opportunities, but it would also mean cozying up to Russia (which some of our allies might not be very happy with). Would it be worth it? Is it even possible with the current political climate?
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>>111183
Economically it would be lot better for Russia and China as flow of goods would most probably flow from that direction (china) and Russia would get lot more growth potential to their areas there unlike say Alaska. So this project now would be more of USA shooting itself to knee.
On other hand that project would be under major maintenance due it being relatively near strong earthquake zone. Another thing is how global warming goes, because sea floor there is more or less in permafrost and how it changes also causes more factors.
Economically it would be lot better for Russia and China as flow of goods would most probably flow from that direction (china) and Russia would get lot more growth potential to their areas there unlike say Alaska. So this project now would be more of USA shooting itself to knee.
On other hand that project would be under major maintenance due it being relatively near strong earthquake zone. Another thing is how global warming goes, because sea floor there is more or less in permafrost and how it changes also causes more factors.
And Bering Strait is about 40 or 50 kilometers wide, it would be an investment ranging on the tens of billions of dollars. How quick would that investment be recovered considering we already have cargo ships and flights doing that same job maybe more efficient than a cargo train line might.
I think that, more than being economically convenient, it would be some seal of friendship between Rusia/China and Canada/USA.
In the current political climate it would be impossible, but I'd love to see such project completed.
The people which would benefit the most is people from Alaska and Siberia.
I think that, more than being economically convenient, it would be some seal of friendship between Rusia/China and Canada/USA.
In the current political climate it would be impossible, but I'd love to see such project completed.
The people which would benefit the most is people from Alaska and Siberia.
I don't really see why we're so at odds with Russia in the first place, seems like it's mostly the neocons/neolibs who don't like them. At this point I think it makes more sense to build better relations with Russia and pull further away from our "allies" in Europe since they seem so hell-bent on destroying themselves culturally and will probably try to drag us down with them. They've already tried to use the 'you're not taking in your fair share of refugees' argument on us. I know Russia has a fuckton of oil and if we had better trade relations with them that combined with all the drilling that Trump has opened up could really bring gas prices down, plus it would pretty much eliminate our need to have any involvement with the middle east.
I could be way off though, I follow US politics a lot more closely than international politics.
I could be way off though, I follow US politics a lot more closely than international politics.
>>111214
>Economically it would be lot better for Russia and China as flow of goods would most probably flow from that direction (china) and Russia would get lot more growth potential to their areas there unlike say Alaska. So this project now would be more of USA shooting itself to knee.
If we get the pipeline then we would be able to sell oil directly to the Chinese (or maybe even Japan assuming Russia and Japan can ever come to an agreement over the Kuril Islands). It would also make it easier for America to sell goods to the growing Chinese middle class and all of Asia.
>>111216
>And Bering Strait is about 40 or 50 kilometers wide
The distance to the Dionomede islands is about half of that. If it was split into 3 smaller tunnels then it could be feasible
> it would be an investment ranging on the tens of billions of dollars. How quick would that investment be recovered considering we already have cargo ships and flights doing that same job maybe more efficient than a cargo train line might.
It would be expensive but cargo ships are slow, expensive and require a lot of fuel. Air travel is pretty expensive too.
>Economically it would be lot better for Russia and China as flow of goods would most probably flow from that direction (china) and Russia would get lot more growth potential to their areas there unlike say Alaska. So this project now would be more of USA shooting itself to knee.
If we get the pipeline then we would be able to sell oil directly to the Chinese (or maybe even Japan assuming Russia and Japan can ever come to an agreement over the Kuril Islands). It would also make it easier for America to sell goods to the growing Chinese middle class and all of Asia.
>>111216
>And Bering Strait is about 40 or 50 kilometers wide
The distance to the Dionomede islands is about half of that. If it was split into 3 smaller tunnels then it could be feasible
> it would be an investment ranging on the tens of billions of dollars. How quick would that investment be recovered considering we already have cargo ships and flights doing that same job maybe more efficient than a cargo train line might.
It would be expensive but cargo ships are slow, expensive and require a lot of fuel. Air travel is pretty expensive too.
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>>111292
They would certainly benefit from it, but so would we. I think the reason we aren't seeing as much enthusiasm from the U.S. is because of political reasons. It's hard to get funding for something like this through congress when the democratic party is blaming "MUH RUSSIA" for their loss in 2016.
They would certainly benefit from it, but so would we. I think the reason we aren't seeing as much enthusiasm from the U.S. is because of political reasons. It's hard to get funding for something like this through congress when the democratic party is blaming "MUH RUSSIA" for their loss in 2016.
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