this post was submitted on 08 Jan 2025
10 points (100.0% liked)

News Summary

53 readers
114 users here now

News feed with AI summary.

Rules:

  1. follow instance rules
  2. Engage in good faith discussion
  3. All posts must be tagged either [Meta] or [Request]
  1. Congratulations your behavior is now a new rule

founded 1 week ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
10
Wild weather halted ferries between New Zealand's main islands again. Why isn't there a tunnel? (abcnews.go.com)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
3 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Author: Unknown
Published on: 08/01/2025 | 01:17:55

AI Summary:
New Zealand has not seriously considered an undersea tunnel beneath the strait that more than 1 million people cross by sea each year. A Cook Strait tunnel would dramatically reduce the three- to four-hour sailing time between the North Island, home to 75% of the population, and the South. New Zealand is the same size as the United Kingdom — but the U.K. Has a population of 69 million, more than 13 times New Zealand’s. Sailing on both Cook Strait ferry services resumed Wednesday after two days of dangerous waves. Some passengers on one carrier said they could not book a new berth for a fortnight. The strait is less calm than many worldwide because it features opposing tides at each end. Laurie Perino, an Australian tourist, said the pristine and scenic ocean views had prompted her to book. "It would be more convenient," she said, referring to a Cook Strait tunnel.

Original: 687 words
Summary: 160 words
Percent reduction: 76.71%

I'm a bot and I'm open source

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Not a single mention of how deep the waters are in the strait, how deep they'd have to dig to build that tunnel. Journalism!

EDIT: the average depth is 128 meters, but they'd have to go a bit further down than that. Say 150 meters, to round out the figure.

EDIT2: for comparison, at its' deepest the Chunnel is 75 meters below sea level, and the Øresund Tunnel linking Denmark and Sweden is a mere 22 meters below sea level.