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butthurt [soylentnews.org] writes:

Inhabitat reports [inhabitat.com] (multi-page) that construction of a tunnel beneath the Bering Strait has received approval from the Russian government. The structure [interbering.com], set to be the world’s longest tunnel at 74 miles (132 km), will connect the Trans-Siberian Railway [wikipedia.org] to the Alaska Railroad [wikipedia.org], allowing passengers and freight to travel from Helsinki [wikipedia.org] to Buenos Aires [wikipedia.org] entirely by rail. The tunnel will also contain an HVDC [wikipedia.org] cable which will carry power between the Russian and North American electrical systems, creating a so-called "supergrid [wikipedia.org]" that will reduce the need for base load [wikipedia.org] power plants.

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