• @[email protected]
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    5 months ago

    Assuming the river would be identical in depth and breadth to the Panama canal, if every man, woman, and child in the US picked up a shovel they would need to move 305 cubic feet of dirt each. So if we all just moved 1 cubic foot of dirt per day, we could pull this off in a year.

    • @[email protected]
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      95 months ago

      Hey, you’re a numbers guy right? What’s to say we take all that extra dirt and make an island? Asking for a friend

      • BOMBS
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        5 months ago

        Hawa-II, this needs to happen. Opening date is June 13, 2025.

    • @Gonzako
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      55 months ago

      Let’s fucking goooo

    • @HootinNHollerin
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      15 months ago

      That’s how the Soviet gulags built canals and railroads btw. Lots of deaths