@[email protected] to Lemmy [email protected] • edit-29 days agoWhy doesn't the US build a bridge here to connect Alaska to the mainland? Are they stupid?sopuli.xyzimagemessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1883
arrow-up1883imageWhy doesn't the US build a bridge here to connect Alaska to the mainland? Are they stupid?sopuli.xyz@[email protected] to Lemmy [email protected] • edit-29 days agomessage-square67fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink52•9 days agoIt’s because Alaska has migratory patterns, that’s why it’s sometimes southwest of Texas, other times it’s right next to California. How are you going to build a bridge that moves that far, dumbass?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•9 days agoA suspended bridge can be really flexible. Or make it out of ropes, like in the Indiana Jones movies.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•9 days agoAlaska doesn’t like being tethered, it will just buck around and turn the whole Pacific into a churning gyre. The wildness would have to be beaten out of it first. Don’t worry though, that’s being worked on.
It’s because Alaska has migratory patterns, that’s why it’s sometimes southwest of Texas, other times it’s right next to California.
How are you going to build a bridge that moves that far, dumbass?
A suspended bridge can be really flexible. Or make it out of ropes, like in the Indiana Jones movies.
Alaska doesn’t like being tethered, it will just buck around and turn the whole Pacific into a churning gyre. The wildness would have to be beaten out of it first. Don’t worry though, that’s being worked on.