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Elon Musk: Dig tunnels as solution for traffic jams in this Florida city
(Thanks to pharmaross and Woozy Barnes)
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Miami will need A LOT more orange cones.
Posted by: man tom | January 22, 2021 at 10:33 AM
This will work! Surface traffic will move smoothly once all the cars in the tunnel are washed out to sea.
Posted by: Bob | January 22, 2021 at 10:37 AM
Make that "no brain
er". Don't worry about that pesky water table.Posted by: wanderer2575 | January 22, 2021 at 10:41 AM
Yes, "no brainer" says it all.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | January 22, 2021 at 10:43 AM
Elon Musk proposes building the world's first drive-thru aquarium?
Posted by: cfjk | January 22, 2021 at 10:58 AM
They use the Dodge Island tunnel as an example. Bad example. With flood doors at both ends, and constantly checking for leaks, City-wide traffic tunnels would be a boon for the Boring Co., not for Miami. Besides, who would pay for this?
Posted by: Steverino | January 22, 2021 at 11:50 AM
On the bright side, every time you take a tunnel, you get a free car wash.
Posted by: Le Petomane | January 22, 2021 at 11:54 AM
Actually, it's sort of a 'Roach Motel'. Drivers cruise in but they don't cruise out.
Posted by: JG | January 22, 2021 at 12:15 PM
Elon Musk is a genius, but all genius has it's limits. Even Albert Einstein never knew how to drive a car. The engineering problems of driving tunnels beneath a water table may have another case of genius not only hitting it's limits, but crashing through them and ending with a splash.
Posted by: Flathead County Frank | January 22, 2021 at 12:28 PM
https://youtu.be/3JySRf9aTPA
Posted by: pharmaross | January 22, 2021 at 01:29 PM
Working title for the movie: "The Big Dig Returns."
Posted by: ripleysparrow | January 22, 2021 at 02:13 PM
Crazy Elon evidently doesn't know anybody from Boston. He might want to check in to how well it worked there.
Posted by: Rod Nunley | January 22, 2021 at 03:09 PM
Elon Musk's tunnel plan reminds me of a quote I remember well from a college philosophy course. But I would add a touch of common sense also helps.
"There is no great genius without a touch of madness."
---Aristotle
Posted by: Le Petomane | January 22, 2021 at 06:36 PM
Maybe they should build the tunnel ABOVE the ground to avoid dealing with water.
Posted by: Loco | January 22, 2021 at 10:29 PM
"Aquiferm"??
Posted by: Ed. | January 23, 2021 at 03:58 PM
"Maybe they should build the tunnel ABOVE the ground to avoid dealing with water."
THAT'S IT! A tunnel in space! SpaceX's next project!
It could be sort of like a wormhole. Call it a 'muskhole'.
Posted by: Ed. | January 23, 2021 at 04:09 PM
The situation remains fluid.
Posted by: MAC | January 24, 2021 at 11:40 PM