Why Nobody Can Build A Transport Link Between Europe And Africa
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- čas přidán 13. 06. 2024
- A potential mega project transport link between Europe and Africa is still unsolved, up to now nobody has managed to build a bridge or undersea tunnel link between Spain and Morocco across the strait of Gibraltar, today we explore some of the engineering challenges behind this mega project and can anyone actually build this?
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Can this actually be solved? We're hearing rumors of a potential bridge planned to be built now but we're not so sure on this one
Wrong i heard tgere is a underwatrr tunnel planned
Building a bridge between Morocco and Spain that allows vehicles and trains to pass is a very easy task nowadays. It is not done because it is not wanted to be done. Just like the bridge between Italy and Sicily that was not built. Solutions to distances and other force problems can be found. As long as it is wanted.
It seems incredibly hard, I've often wondered if a system like the one used for oil platforms is an option, oil rigs are incredibly stable and operate in depths of 500m regularly, or you could build out as far as possible from the coasts and use oil rig like structures for form the central span secured by multiple cables. above and below.
Maybe a zip line instead? Weeeeee
No problem, don't build it
Bridge is a dumb idea.
Ask the Chinese engineers, they shall its inst impossible 😂
Thing is if they do decide to build the connection it would mean completely changing the existing import/export routes of all of Europe & Africa if they want the use of this thing to give enough return on the investment. How many actual routes would benefit from moving their goods via Africa's north coast for instance. I don't see it as worth doing myself - in order for goods to get to the bridge or tunnel they would have to traverse multi-miles of land to get there, and while Spain to Africa might be useful for European exports, I don't see the ME/Asian imports into Europe benefitting from this, unless Morocco or other N. African countries are huge exporters of goods to Europe. Nobody is going to drive right across N. Africa to get to this bridge or tunnel IMO ! Ultimately as African nations improve their trade systems they would be the beneficiaries of course.
Not a question of money or technical difficulty. It is against the entire EU's interest not to build it. They already have enough problem as it is already. You know why.
you know most immigration comes from planes and the direction of the middle east ... right? The newspapers just show the boats because it's a human tragedy.
If there was land, they'd want a canal. Can't satisfy.
Norway has a tunnel that floats in the middle of the water column. With 6 pillar locations, pillars only 100 meters tall and simply keeping the tunnel steady while the tunnel itself gets designed to be naturally boyant to that depth. It would be a great use of hyperloop technology. The tunnel can be designed to break into sections that self seal if the worst case happens.
Because it floats seismic concerns are minimized or if a cargo ship sinks on the tunnel it can be sealed before impact and possibly disconnected to then float to the surface.
Were ?
“Comparable?” It would have to be twice as long as the bay bridge!
It's nothing like impossible. It's a straight forward civil engineering project.
Gratifyingly greater percentage of grown up engineering based comments so far and even better, there are very few shout them down angry rants jumping on to the backs of those who do mention the mass movement of people.
At present I'd say that such a bridge is still within the realms of a solution looking for a problem.
Of course, it could be a case of Build it and they will come.
But for now and having read every comment, I tend to agree that the flow of commerce tends to be at 90° to any bridge.
Neither Europe nor Africa imports and exports vast quantities of goods on the polar axis, most traffic is East - West.
Unless and until the continent of the future that is Africa begins to realise its huge potential, the present state of solution looking for a problem will annoyingly remain.
is there a great amount of trade between Europe and North Africa that could be sent over a transport link?
It should be built as a Chunnel like High Speed Rail tunnel between Morocco and Spain with perhaps another tube or two for freight since Morocco is increasingly becoming the Michigan of Afro-Eurasia...
What do you mean Michigan ?
Bridge makes no sense. . The formidable costs are not worth the benefit of linking Europe to waaay north west area of Africa. Not counting the ship traffic considerations.
Catapults?
It only requires the funding.
It would be terrible for Europe
Another nonsense video NEVER build nothing to conect Spain/Europe with Africa.
Hang on, Europe is already being invaded by millions from Africa, who for good or bad reasons dont want to stay there. We dont need to incentivise millions more, there isnt the space or resources in Europe. I am sure that Morocco wouldnt relish being a magnet for millions of people to enter its delightful country en route to somewhere else. Interesting video, but I hope it never happens.
Last time I checked it is Europe who "invaded" Africa, and continues to "invade" Africa through puppet regimes, repressive foreign policies, globalisation, colonial payments, and propaganda.
Moroccan here, such an idea would be great in an economical standpoint, but on a societal one, not at all. We have +/- 2.2 children per women, almost like in Europe, and we are already suffering by the subsaharan invasion, this is too much, we must not incitivize them to come there, especially now that they are staying more and more in Morocco instead of trying to cross the sea...
EXACTLY
JAMAS se hará un Español
Make a video about infrastructure, get a punch of racists complaining about migration. Sounds about right
Islam is not a race but religion/ideology...which is incompatible with freedom/democracy...we've already seen the problems migrants caused in Europe, why would anyone want more of them there?
Thanks for the heads up. I'm five days late to the party and starting with the "newest" setting I have been encouraged so far that yours is only the second of many comments to mention the topic. Therefore there must be loads ahead.
On vas voir!
As an engineer, I always want to see progress in terms of connecting nations...in this case however, for the safety of Europeans, it's better not to build a bridge connecting the two continents. Why make it easier for the barbarians to invade your land?
ooo ew