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treprinum
on Sept 8, 2023
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I rode with an ice road trucker to the Arctic Circ...
Wouldn't building a railroad be a more cost-efficient way in Alaska than trucking?
pjc50
on Sept 8, 2023
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Depends on the terrain, and for such a lightly-trafficked place that would probably be uneconomic.
treprinum
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China could do it in Tibet which seems to be similarly populated/trafficked, on top of thawing permafrost. It's only 414 miles as well whereas the Tibet one is 1215 miles.
projectazorian
on Sept 8, 2023
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> Tibet which seems to be similarly populated/trafficked
Tibet has millions of people. Prudhoe Bay has a couple thousand people and some oilfields.
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