TheBlacksmith
Mechanical
- May 18, 2001
- 1,286
As I was sitting in traffic last night, at one of two tunnels between my office and my house, I had time to think. They have proposed a third tunnel, and hope to have it open by 2015! As a frequent watcher of the History Channel, it seems that we build the Panama Canal, the Empire State Building, Hoover/Boulder Dam, and even most of the "Eisenhower Interstate System, WITHOUT CadCam, automatic welding machines, GPS guided earthmovers, etc, in less time.
Why does it take longer with more technology? Loss of national will? Environmental concerns? The ever popular lack of infrastructure funding? We "won" the space race, the cold war, etc, but we can't build a half mile tunnel in less than 14 years!
Blacksmith
Why does it take longer with more technology? Loss of national will? Environmental concerns? The ever popular lack of infrastructure funding? We "won" the space race, the cold war, etc, but we can't build a half mile tunnel in less than 14 years!
Blacksmith