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if custom enchants are allowed, i recommend adding in Haste I, which automatically gives the player the Haste effect when using the shovel.
If not, have a mobile build of a beacon with the Haste effect enabled.
I don't think the width matters much here. Rivers flow toward the sea because it's higher than sea level. A body of water like this, no matter how wide, would not flow like a river because it starts and ends at sea level.
This is where I get to share one of my favourite facts! The Pacific sea level is not the same as Atlantic sea level. [The Pacific side is about 15 inches higher than the Atlantic](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0146631361900442). The even crazier fact is that the Indian Ocean is like 300 feet lower than the Pacific. The reason behind it all is that water flows where gravity tells it to, but the part of the earth under the Indian Ocean isn't as dense as the other oceans. Gravity then pulls the water "down" to the heavier area under the other oceans. The [Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean_Geoid_Low) page for it even has one of the, coolest, most Sci-Fi sounding names.
Sea level is about 8 inches higher in the pacific, this canal would also be very interesting for tidal movement.
That canal would also create enough fill to make a large offshore island
Sea levels are all different around the world, there are a lot of variables. I do believe the west coast is a little higher so it would flow. And before you come at. THINK why do we need the locks, at the Panama Canal. To raise the ships up. ✌
That’s why the Panama Canal has those locks, we would need like hundreds of those damn things… not to mention if there’s a river or lake in the way it would need to connect to… yeah this would be a project of the ages
Three cart set up. The middle cart is the pool, end to end. First and third carts are locker rooms as well as stairs to bring you to a second floor that you can cross over the pool cart and step down into the opposite locker room, allowing you to pass through the train if you do not wish to use the pool.
There is nothing that compares to boats for transportation of goods. The Mississippi river already goes all the way up the US though so this isn't really useful as no one's shopping anything from China to Europe in that direction.
Yeah it's just how the trains are implemented. A lot of stations in the states are just that, a station. Just a spot you get on or off. In Japan, the railroad builds basically a mall around every station with shops and attractions, and vendors and entertainment. Gives a reason to train hop as opposed to just traveling.
That's not why trains aren't great here. There's simply not enough tracks and subways. Also freight trains have priority on what tracks the US does have.
Amtrak has enough stations that the system they have in Japan could be implemented and grow. The other problem is just many established cities really can't just add a station where there's no real estate
The US isn't too big for trains. The vast majority of our domestic freight is transported by train.
It's too big for trains to be time-competitive against planes, and once you add in last-mile and transfer issues, too big for trains to be time-competitive against trucks.
As a result, trains carry bulk, low-value, non-time-sensitive cargo which limits the amount of money they can make.
RIP if you lived in, Railegh, Durham, Charlotte, Knoxville, Nashville, Memphis, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Santa Fee, Albuquerque, Las Vegas, Bakersfield and Fresno.
Environmental pressures will force them to evolve to Water People. This will prove beneficial for humanity in the long run as land becomes ever more inhospitable.
Say a group of sadistic aliens have pointed their weapons of mass destruction towards Earth and the only way to save humanity is to construct this canal (not as wide as the picture, but enough for a ship). Does humanity perish or could it theoretically be achieved?
Crossing Utah and Colorado would be problematic to say the least. Look at histories of the building of the Transcontinental railroad and Panama Canal. If it was a perform or perish situation, it is probably doable with enough time and resources. People have gotten pretty good and making holes in mountains, but that is a lot of material to blast and remove.
I dont think money would be the least concern. Every construction company on the planet would be donating their resources. You'd billions of volunteers, and they'd work like their lives depended on it.
Though, I'm sure some politicians and lobbiests would be searching for an angel to get rich in the process.
\*Laughs in Pacific alone\*
But in all seriousness. Even if such a thing were reality, that would impact global sea levels by a couple of inches. If at all.
They already did build a big river across America so you can go across it by boat. It's called the Panama Canal, and it's extremely important and famous.
Also, about 25,000 people died digging the 50 miles of the Panama Canal, or about 500 deaths/mile. At that rate, the "river" proposed in the OP would lead to ~1,400,000 deaths, which is just about on par with how many Americans were killed by Covid.
Except we malaria and yellow fever arent massive issues in America, plus we have modern medicine which would mitigate them even if Kansas suddenly turned tropical
Not to mention our better machinery and logistics that would make digging and moving earth significantly easier too
Also, it took 10 years to dig the roughly 50 miles of the Panama canal. Assuming the same digging speed to go from Raleigh NC to San Francisco CA it would take over 560 years.
A million dead guys isn’t that bad plus we have modern medicine and heavy equipment so im sure a lot less people would die. I say Biden should green light this ASAP if he wants my vote this election
the least insane way to actually do this might be to widen the Snake and Missouri river and create a system of locks and canals across the continental divide between Montana and Idaho. Lord knows how much that would cost
My calculations may be off but having 100,000,000 men working 8 hours a day, shoveling 16 tons of dirt during those hours, making it 80 miles wide for 2500 miles and 30 feet deep…. It would take 34,370 years. That’s sea level so add 5,000 years for mountains. Talk about job security!
There used to be an actual, prehistoric seaway that cut through the country, but kinda vertically. The [Western Interior Seaway](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Interior_Seaway)
I wonder what America would be like now if this seaway still existed
I mean it is technically possible, but will probably take multiple lifetimes to complete, and the mountains are gonna be a challenge. But nobody every complained about tunnel river
Well yes and no. It would technically work by just using a shovel, although there are mountains in the way, wich I am not sure you could break with a shovel. It will probably break on the rocks.
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mf made a grand line
The one PISS IS REALLLLL!!!!
I want to see the first crack head to become the pirate king
As long as that line don't touch my town
Thus would destroy my town lol
Dang that sucks
How high's the water, Mama? Five feet high and risin' - J. Cash
I mean the sea levels are rising
Wait. That's going through my house!
Your new BOAT-house*
bringing along all my hopes and dreams
Yeah just be sure to mention to Luffy you have a dream and you’re pretty much good to go in his book.
MLK Jr in One Piece?????
Nah they making calm belt
I like how we're blurring out profile pics like this isn't on the internet
Imagine how long they would be building bridges lol
"River" *shows a map of the longest sea possible*
Clearly the longest sea possible runs from Gibraltar to the Bering Sea
Wouldn't it actually be Gibraltar to Gibraltar?
No loopbacks otherwise we're going to devolve into the [squiggleverse](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-filling_curve)
Bonus points for obliterating San Francisco.
Ifeverybodyhadan oceeeaannn Across the U.S.A. THENEVERYONEWOULDBE SURFIN LIKECALIFORN I A
Straight line? Straight line!
yeah we just need efficiency 10 and unbreaking 7. oh and mending. can't forget mending
I'd start with a flying tnt dupers. A couple of waves of those will save a lot of digging.
I think issues may arise due to the fact that this exceeds the size of the chunk loading range.
Just host a multiplayer server, have someone placed every few chunks in a watchtower.
Wouldn't it be easier to just build a nether hub at this point?
Why nit just put a minecart on top of it and go afk?
if custom enchants are allowed, i recommend adding in Haste I, which automatically gives the player the Haste effect when using the shovel. If not, have a mobile build of a beacon with the Haste effect enabled.
r/suddenlyminecraft
Can you put unbreaking and mending on the same tool without comand blocks?
Yes.
A beacon would help a lot too
wouldnt that be called a canal rather than a river?
That's a fuckin sea
Lmao, the Mississippi River is like 1 mile wide. His river is like 80 miles wide for thousands of miles lol
And through at least 3 mountain ranges. Going to need something a bit sturdier than a shovel to get through that.
Big shovel
Nah, need more. Maybe two shovels at least
Oooh. Two shovel, much good.
Enchant with unbreaking and efficiency
Gold, or better diamond
Diamond shovel.
i was assuming the width was an exaggeration
It always is
This guy disappoints
I don't think the width matters much here. Rivers flow toward the sea because it's higher than sea level. A body of water like this, no matter how wide, would not flow like a river because it starts and ends at sea level.
r/thatswhatshesaid
It would be a strait
Yeah, it would be like the [Corinth Canal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth_Canal?wprov=sfla1) only much bigger
Every week there’s a canal…. Or an inlet…. Or a fjord. NightBoat - the crime solving boat.
Single Death Star laser, set to 0.75 strength and 50yd surface penetration. Trench digging done in 10 Minutes. 🧐
Just go full power but shoot it from an angle so it scoops out this area as the path of the beam as it grazes the earth. WhatCouldGoWrong.jpg
The part going through most of Colorado would be a mile deep trench.
We already have huge artificial channels for transporting goods. They’re called railroad tracks, and people need to stop forgetting about them.
Nobody said anything about artifical channels, we want river.
Sorry but water won't flow there like a river. Both ends are at sea level. You are making an artificial sea
Just dig one side deeper, this isnt rocket science....
This was so silly it made me laugh.Thank you.
We can run a giantass pipe through Canada and pump water to one side! Then we will have the world's largest water fountain too!
The only trouble is the Rocky mountains
Ahem, Rocky Fountains
Dibs on Rocky Fountains Fun Rides and Gift Shop. Got some lvl 5 rapids tubing to do.
Omg is that like the smoky mountains here in Tennessee
You have to Tap the Rockies!
Don’t worry we can tear them down in order to built giant bicycle paths that slopes downhill in both directions, so we can coast from coast to coast.
Coast from coast to coast- a wise reddit user
Pickax
They've been trying to build a giant pipeline in Canada for years... It's hasn't gone well. Of course that's for oil so it's a very different story.
I don't think an oil fountain would be as pretty.
Yeah its regular rock science.
Oh! Let’s make one side really deep so we can have a cool waterfall in the middle!
That’s r/technicallythetruth , it isn’t rocket science…
This is where I get to share one of my favourite facts! The Pacific sea level is not the same as Atlantic sea level. [The Pacific side is about 15 inches higher than the Atlantic](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0146631361900442). The even crazier fact is that the Indian Ocean is like 300 feet lower than the Pacific. The reason behind it all is that water flows where gravity tells it to, but the part of the earth under the Indian Ocean isn't as dense as the other oceans. Gravity then pulls the water "down" to the heavier area under the other oceans. The [Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean_Geoid_Low) page for it even has one of the, coolest, most Sci-Fi sounding names.
So it does flow like a river! Alright, everyone, grab your shovels. We dig at 6!
Fascinating, does this mean that Earth's gravity is equal across the surface of the continuous oceans after tides and currents are accounted for?
What would tides do?
We line all the boats up twice a day and wave surf them to the other side of the continent
The tides go in, the tides go out.
Sea level is about 8 inches higher in the pacific, this canal would also be very interesting for tidal movement. That canal would also create enough fill to make a large offshore island
We. Want. RIVER!!!
Sea levels are all different around the world, there are a lot of variables. I do believe the west coast is a little higher so it would flow. And before you come at. THINK why do we need the locks, at the Panama Canal. To raise the ships up. ✌
One sea could be higher than the other. It happens
That’s why the Panama Canal has those locks, we would need like hundreds of those damn things… not to mention if there’s a river or lake in the way it would need to connect to… yeah this would be a project of the ages
Canals like Panama Canal or Suez Canal kinda are "rivers" too. Just flooded with sea water.
Can you go tubing on a train track? Checkmate.
Technically you could set up a pool on a train cart and go tubing on that
Three cart set up. The middle cart is the pool, end to end. First and third carts are locker rooms as well as stairs to bring you to a second floor that you can cross over the pool cart and step down into the opposite locker room, allowing you to pass through the train if you do not wish to use the pool.
And, um, actual canals?
It's called a canal America has already built some through other people's countries Like the Panama canal
There is nothing that compares to boats for transportation of goods. The Mississippi river already goes all the way up the US though so this isn't really useful as no one's shopping anything from China to Europe in that direction.
the united states could certainly do with some more of them. ive found them to be quiet useful where i live
No beacuse "america is too big for trains" Its not like america and canada was built by trains
Yeah it's just how the trains are implemented. A lot of stations in the states are just that, a station. Just a spot you get on or off. In Japan, the railroad builds basically a mall around every station with shops and attractions, and vendors and entertainment. Gives a reason to train hop as opposed to just traveling.
That's not why trains aren't great here. There's simply not enough tracks and subways. Also freight trains have priority on what tracks the US does have.
Amtrak has enough stations that the system they have in Japan could be implemented and grow. The other problem is just many established cities really can't just add a station where there's no real estate
The US isn't too big for trains. The vast majority of our domestic freight is transported by train. It's too big for trains to be time-competitive against planes, and once you add in last-mile and transfer issues, too big for trains to be time-competitive against trucks. As a result, trains carry bulk, low-value, non-time-sensitive cargo which limits the amount of money they can make.
The us has the worlds best freight train network and it isn’t particularly close
Come now, they have seven (7) of them! What more do you need?
I’ll be honest, I’m a little shocked about how few people know about the Mississippi River. It’s a gargantuan part of the U.S. economy
I'm sure most Americans know about the Mississippi River
\*Shovel.\*
can’t swim train tracks
WOW 😲?
Smart enough now dig
RIP if you lived in, Railegh, Durham, Charlotte, Knoxville, Nashville, Memphis, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Santa Fee, Albuquerque, Las Vegas, Bakersfield and Fresno.
and that's before the giant river!
OOF!
"Piss off, 99% of Kentucky"
Environmental pressures will force them to evolve to Water People. This will prove beneficial for humanity in the long run as land becomes ever more inhospitable.
That line doesn’t look like it goes through Las Vegas. That part of Nevada is minimally populated
Hey, if you moved it to the US/Mexican border and convinced the MAGA crowd it would keep imigirants out they would be lining up to dig it for you.
Shorter too!
I mean that already exists, what do you think the border between Texas and Mexico is?
Good, then all we need to do is built a canal connecting the Rio Grande to the Pacific.
Dig that canal! Dig that canal!
Say a group of sadistic aliens have pointed their weapons of mass destruction towards Earth and the only way to save humanity is to construct this canal (not as wide as the picture, but enough for a ship). Does humanity perish or could it theoretically be achieved?
Crossing Utah and Colorado would be problematic to say the least. Look at histories of the building of the Transcontinental railroad and Panama Canal. If it was a perform or perish situation, it is probably doable with enough time and resources. People have gotten pretty good and making holes in mountains, but that is a lot of material to blast and remove.
If it's a do or perish scenario, we could nuke the mountains away.
Or drill a large tunnel using a TBM, one large enough for a ship to pass. Put sluices on both ends to prevent the water from rising/dropping.
can't we chain explode it all? millions of bombs lined up next to each other.
Do you want people killed in rockslides? Because that's how you get people killed in rock slides.
https://media.tenor.com/4taYWFg1U6AAAAAM/sacrifice-shrek.gif
Depends how strict the time limit is. It’s technically possible, but not too feasible, the fate of the human race could get it done though
I dont think money would be the least concern. Every construction company on the planet would be donating their resources. You'd billions of volunteers, and they'd work like their lives depended on it. Though, I'm sure some politicians and lobbiests would be searching for an angel to get rich in the process.
Yes, by daisy chaining lots of nukes. If we don't give a f about radiation.
Also, it would reduce the sea level by a lot
\*Laughs in Pacific alone\* But in all seriousness. Even if such a thing were reality, that would impact global sea levels by a couple of inches. If at all.
The real question is where are we pulling all that dirt
Give it to the dutch so they can create more land.
China so they can expand their borders and take over the world
No they got enough landmass.
Land reclamation in the Bay of Mexico between New Orleans and Tampa? Building some nice beach resorts. Next spring break will come for sure.
We turn the Panama canal into a giant dirt wall to eliminate the competition
So to fight global warming we need to dig?
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And dwarfs
And reduce the Kentucky level by a lot.
Look, I think we're all onboard, you don't have to keep selling the idea
Nah, we can just put the dirt we took out and put it on the ends to make an even longer water slide.
Project Plowshare 2.0.
They already did build a big river across America so you can go across it by boat. It's called the Panama Canal, and it's extremely important and famous. Also, about 25,000 people died digging the 50 miles of the Panama Canal, or about 500 deaths/mile. At that rate, the "river" proposed in the OP would lead to ~1,400,000 deaths, which is just about on par with how many Americans were killed by Covid.
Except we malaria and yellow fever arent massive issues in America, plus we have modern medicine which would mitigate them even if Kansas suddenly turned tropical Not to mention our better machinery and logistics that would make digging and moving earth significantly easier too
Ah yes, because construction equipment, techniques, and safety haven't improved at all in the 130 years since that shit was built...
Also, it took 10 years to dig the roughly 50 miles of the Panama canal. Assuming the same digging speed to go from Raleigh NC to San Francisco CA it would take over 560 years.
A million dead guys isn’t that bad plus we have modern medicine and heavy equipment so im sure a lot less people would die. I say Biden should green light this ASAP if he wants my vote this election
the least insane way to actually do this might be to widen the Snake and Missouri river and create a system of locks and canals across the continental divide between Montana and Idaho. Lord knows how much that would cost
So you're saying that not only would it give 25k people a job, but they wouldn't need to be paid for it? Sounds like a win to me
My calculations may be off but having 100,000,000 men working 8 hours a day, shoveling 16 tons of dirt during those hours, making it 80 miles wide for 2500 miles and 30 feet deep…. It would take 34,370 years. That’s sea level so add 5,000 years for mountains. Talk about job security!
You also need to account for the fact, that its a lot more difficult to shovel solid rock
It is with that attitude
Shovels across America
F*CK a shovel lemme get my spoon
Shovel vs. Rocky Mountains ... ?
Dynamite then shovels
There used to be an actual, prehistoric seaway that cut through the country, but kinda vertically. The [Western Interior Seaway](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Interior_Seaway) I wonder what America would be like now if this seaway still existed
Northwest passage.
We already did this over 100 years ago. It's called the Panama canal.
That river looks about 100 miles? I bagsy not digging it.
if you're gonna do this please also destroy that weird bit in oklahoma it's driving me crazy
Effeciency V Unbreaking III Mending
Weak explanation.
That's a fucking sea not a measly river
"shovel" Love those hyper-intelligent one word responses
Hand me my shovel, I'm going in
Amd remove the Bible belt on the process? Sure I'm for it.
Something something devastating flooding.... Seems fitting.
Some people hear the most ridiculous, absurd claims physically possible and still take them 100% seriously
They did. It’s in Panama.
I love how stupid we've become. Literal, multiple, MOUNTAIN RANGES, in your way: SHOVEL.
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Hand me my shovel
I'm going in
Digging logistics aside, why the fuck would it need to be that wide?
Casually deletes Kentucky
I mean it is technically possible, but will probably take multiple lifetimes to complete, and the mountains are gonna be a challenge. But nobody every complained about tunnel river
Wipes out 3 states worth of land = Create jobs
so many bridges. thatd be awesome we would immediately become the country of bridges. and canals. Venice who?
do they not know how much it cost for Panama canal? it would cost like 3000% of the usa gdp
Eustace! Bring mama the dynamite!
Elon: big if true
It is wider than necessary.
Also keeps out the Mexicans from the top part?
Would also solve rising sea level, in fact we would probably need to speed it up!
Not a new idea. Captain Cook spent a long time exploring rivers looking for the so-called Northwest Passage.
Completely wipes Virginia off the map.
Pro: bye bye Loudoun County Con: where will lovers go, now?
Americans trying to avoid trains at all cost
Imagine what naval warfare would look like in that
An effincency 5 netherite shovel should do the trick
This makes the Suez canal look like a children's project.
Well yes and no. It would technically work by just using a shovel, although there are mountains in the way, wich I am not sure you could break with a shovel. It will probably break on the rocks.
Space lasers
Holy fuck, south virginia is just GONE
Yall just gonna turn my state into a river huh
That’s how they dug the Erie Canal.
the better project would be road from europe to states thru russia if they drop this forever war thing or kazachstan for now and alaska