Boris Ireland - Britain Bridge
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TL;DR : Absolutely barking mad idea.
TL;DR : Absolutely barking mad idea.
Gargamel said:
China built one in 9 years that is 42 KM long.
There is no technical reason not too.
Only the political will
And the fact that it's not feasible.There is no technical reason not too.
Only the political will
https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/james...
Gargamel said:
There is no technical reason not too.
Just the small matters of the depth of water in the area of the proposed route, a massive amount of dumped ordnance from the war and long periods of inclement weather which would delay its building and use, about a realistic as his garden bridge.
Gargamel said:
China built one in 9 years that is 42 KM long.
There is no technical reason not too.
Only the political will
The Jiaozhou Bay Bridge?There is no technical reason not too.
Only the political will
The Jiaozhou Bay Connection Project, of which it is a part, is about 42km, but the over-water section of the bridge is only 27km long, over relatively shallow water.
As opposed to the water up to 1000 feet deep, with 1.5 million tons of dumped ordnance at the bottom, which is what the Boris Bonkers Bridge would be looking at crossing.
berlintaxi said:
Gargamel said:
There is no technical reason not too.
Just the small matters of the depth of water in the area of the proposed route, a massive amount of dumped ordnance from the war and long periods of inclement weather which would delay its building and use, about a realistic as his garden bridge.BJ said:
“Let us suppose you are losing an argument. The facts are overwhelmingly against you, and the more people focus on the reality the worse it is for you and your case.
Your best bet in these circumstances is to perform a manoeuvre that a great campaigner describes as 'throwing a dead cat on the table, mate'.
That is because there is one thing that is absolutely certain about throwing a dead cat on the dining room table – and I don’t mean that people will be outraged, alarmed, disgusted.
That is true, but irrelevant. The key point, says my Australian friend, is that everyone will shout 'Jeez, mate, there’s a dead cat on the table!'; in other words they will be talking about the dead cat, the thing you want them to talk about, and they will not be talking about the issue that has been causing you so much grief.”
Your best bet in these circumstances is to perform a manoeuvre that a great campaigner describes as 'throwing a dead cat on the table, mate'.
That is because there is one thing that is absolutely certain about throwing a dead cat on the dining room table – and I don’t mean that people will be outraged, alarmed, disgusted.
That is true, but irrelevant. The key point, says my Australian friend, is that everyone will shout 'Jeez, mate, there’s a dead cat on the table!'; in other words they will be talking about the dead cat, the thing you want them to talk about, and they will not be talking about the issue that has been causing you so much grief.”
simoid said:
BJ said:
“Let us suppose you are losing an argument. The facts are overwhelmingly against you, and the more people focus on the reality the worse it is for you and your case.
Your best bet in these circumstances is to perform a manoeuvre that a great campaigner describes as 'throwing a dead cat on the table, mate'.
That is because there is one thing that is absolutely certain about throwing a dead cat on the dining room table – and I don’t mean that people will be outraged, alarmed, disgusted.
That is true, but irrelevant. The key point, says my Australian friend, is that everyone will shout 'Jeez, mate, there’s a dead cat on the table!'; in other words they will be talking about the dead cat, the thing you want them to talk about, and they will not be talking about the issue that has been causing you so much grief.”
Your best bet in these circumstances is to perform a manoeuvre that a great campaigner describes as 'throwing a dead cat on the table, mate'.
That is because there is one thing that is absolutely certain about throwing a dead cat on the dining room table – and I don’t mean that people will be outraged, alarmed, disgusted.
That is true, but irrelevant. The key point, says my Australian friend, is that everyone will shout 'Jeez, mate, there’s a dead cat on the table!'; in other words they will be talking about the dead cat, the thing you want them to talk about, and they will not be talking about the issue that has been causing you so much grief.”
berlintaxi said:
Just the small matters of the depth of water in the area of the proposed route, a massive amount of dumped ordnance from the war and long periods of inclement weather which would delay its building and use, about a realistic as his garden bridge.
a lot of that ordnance isn't where people think it is. certainly not the stuff dumped on a friday in poor conditions. a lot of it didn't get out of loch ryan 
Europa1 said:
That is in a different forum, it should be in here really since it's news but that was asked to be in there. This thread is relevant.FourWheelDrift said:
Europa1 said:
That is in a different forum, it should be in here really since it's news but that was asked to be in there. This thread is relevant.Politically I have seen worse ideas. Massive promise to NI for structural investment that will probably never happen.
Feasibility wise, I need to read...
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