[ExI] Inflation and the 2024 election

[spike at rainier66.com]

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From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of Ben
Zaiboc via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] Inflation and the 2024 election

On 18/10/2026 20:15, spike wrote:
> Shall we ask BillK and Ben if their chunnel is ridiculous?


>...First ask us if we know the difference between 50 and 249.
Then ask us if we know how big a project the channel tunnel was, and how
much it eventually cost.
-- 
Ben

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Sure but the 249 tunnel doesn't need to be 7.6 meters in diameter.  It only
needs to be about 1 meter in diameter.  So each km of tunnel to safety out
of DC requires only about 2% of the soil removal or rock cutting.  The
length isn't the critical number, it's the volume.

I thought of another possibility regarding that Greenbrier command center: a
shorter tunnel could go out from DC to a safe location, where commanders
could be hauled via helicopter or aircraft, then go back into a tunnel to
reach the bunker.  Probably all you would need is about 40 km of small
diameter tunnel should be enough.

spike