[vacri]

It was, however, expanded recently at great expense, for the income it could deliver. It's not like the 2016 canal is the same as the 19th C canal.

[cfcef]

And that expansion was done for the revenue it could deliver now, not in 2108. If the original Suez Canal had not been constructed in 1869, then this new one could still have been constructed now and it would be for the short-run gains, not gains a century-plus away.

[mdpopescu]

Someone really doesn't like you...

[vacri]

I was being a bit confrontational upthread. The downvotes there are fine, but the 'overflow' downvoting on this comment was a bit amusing - given the very next comment on the page (from slyall) was saying the same thing :)