Transatlantys

Paris-NYC in 8 hrs...

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How about a Paris-New York trip in 8 hours? Not interesting? Think again, I forgot to mention it was a journey by train!

The transatlantys works will start in June 2005 and should take 11 years to terminate. An ambitious project is the least one could say when you look at all the expectations: it’s quite incredible. I mean can you imagine a suspended 5 800 kms tunnel across the ocean?? I have a hard time actually…

I’d be scared to go in there. Eight hours in a train is something. But eight hours in an underwater train that travels at 600km/hour is REALLY something… I thought the fastest thing underwater was a torpedo (which doesn’t even go that fast underwater…).

And for the comfort, gee, they beat the new Airbus hands down: casinos, swimming pool, golf practice among others… Plus they want to have this “windows” to have a view on the ocean depths. I don’t know if you’re gonna see much except dark blue water?

It sounds like a huge joke! Especially since there’s only one site about it in French. Wonder why they didn’t create one in English? Maybe it’s a big hoax! Lol

I don’t know, I’m very curious as to how they will be able to achieve such a project. It just sounds too crazy to be true.

Here’s the address to the site, but like I said it’s in French: http://www.transatlantys.com/
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
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Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Is a nice idea, but I'm not so sure about it making it to practical application. It seems to me that it would be a better idea to do it piecemeal with underwater colonies along the route. That way if something goes wrong your not hours away from help. That and it would likely give us better understanding of what we're messing with if we're down there. I wonder how much of an impact tectonic plates would have on the tunnel. Most tunnels are probably on the same plate, but that long, it has to cross at least one plate, and if my memory serves New York to Paris would be at least three. So what happens when it moves the two inches or so a year? Would that cause a leak in the tunnel? Or would they work around that in some way. If they manage to have it working in eleven years, well congrats to the french (and no, i can't read french or i would have looked for these question on that website you mentioned)
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
Most tunnels are probably on the same plate, but that long, it has to cross at least one plate, and if my memory serves New York to Paris would be at least three. So what happens when it moves the two inches or so a year? Would that cause a leak in the tunnel?

They dont talk about that in the site. But that's a very good point Danny.
They only mentioned a coral (i think) that attracted by the heat slept on the structure. They realized that when that thing moved it left an acid substance on its trail that would damaged concrete... So they have to cover the whole structure with a non polluant repellent.
If they manage to have it working in eleven years, well congrats to the french

The project is french, but they have french AND American engineers and architects allegedly working on it
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
Sorry IG, it is a very late April Fools jioke.


Not quite. It has been studdied along with the impacts of earthquakes. Discovery Channel did a little special on it on their extreeme engineering series.

Cool idea and it could work. They didn't mention the UW communities. That is a pretty good idea.
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top

Not quite. It has been studdied along with the impacts of earthquakes. Discovery Channel did a little special on it on their extreeme engineering series.

I was commenting on the site, not the concept.  But the cost I think would sink (no pun intended) the idea from the git go.

Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
Sorry IG, it is a very late April Fools jioke.

Thanks for the link DrGuy. I checked it out and they say that this hoax is actually an advertisement for the french train company who is now agent for air companies and offers transatlantic flights. *slap my forehead and roll my eyes*....

It has been studdied along with the impacts of earthquakes. Discovery Channel did a little special on it on their extreeme engineering series.

Maybe a real project will see the light of day when our grandkids will be grandparents!

But the cost I think would sink (no pun intended) the idea from the git go.

And i dont think they'd have a clientele for this product really... Maybe at the beginning as a novelty but in the long run, i'm not sure...
Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top

And i dont think they'd have a clientele for this product really... Maybe at the beginning as a novelty but in the long run, i'm not sure...

Well, My mother hates to fly!  But how many are like her and willing to go to europe (we went there when I was a teen and my siblings infants)?

Flying is cheaper and a lot safer,  But as I love trains, I would do it!  Not a very crowded trip I suspect.

Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
Flying is cheaper and a lot safer

Yep, yep!
But as I love trains, I would do it! Not a very crowded trip I suspect.

Well it would be one expensive trip, and it will probably be crowded at the beginning and when the novelty wears out it will just disappear, after a huge accident, like the concorde.
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
If they are serious about a transatlantic train I think the way to do it is to have people living down there. Find some industry or other that works well at the bottom of the ocean. Then it's not being done as a fancy way to get from one side of the ocean to the other, it's beind done to connect cities with the outside world for economic reasons. Sure, people will end up using it to get across the ocean, but this way that's not the only thing it's being used for. Should up it's odds of lasting a whole lot, especially since there isn't an airplane industry to compete with on the bottom of the ocean
Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top
If they are serious about a transatlantic train I think the way to do it is to have people living down there. Find some industry or other that works well at the bottom of the ocean. Then it's not being done as a fancy way to get from one side of the ocean to the other, it's beind done to connect cities with the outside world for economic reasons. Sure, people will end up using it to get across the ocean, but this way that's not the only thing it's being used for.

You make a good point Danny. But no one will get me to live underwater, heh. Like i said, future generations will probably get to see this happening, but certainly not us.
Should up it's odds of lasting a whole lot, especially since there isn't an airplane industry to compete with on the bottom of the ocean

Maybe they'll get a submarine industry instead
Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top
I like the idea of VFT's (Very Fast Trains for those who are not familiar with the acronym). But the potential for ecological damage putting something like this under the sea is huge. Our oceans are the life-blood of our planet. I say leave them for the creatures who live in them.
Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top
Our oceans are the life-blood of our planet. I say leave them for the creatures who live in them.

And I say Ay ay, captain! You're totally right Maso. Plus we havent even totally explored what the oceans have to offer. Who knows, we'll probably find the Atlantide one day if we search properly
Reply #14 from JoeUser Forums Top
I agree. The oceans are our planet's final frontiers. Who knows what lies in their depths?
Reply #15 from JoeUser Forums Top
Who knows what lies in their depths?

An evil wicked creature, mwahahaha!!
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