[luoc]

I mean, this is not exactly at the scale of Atlantropa[1] but also not too far off. And analogously to the Atlantropa project, the potential side effects are not even closely understood (and the article leaves me with the taste they haven't even tried to). Cutting of the baltic sea from the north sea? Sounds irresponsible to me...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantropa

[fbdab103]

That idea is bonkers insane. I love it. Was/is it technically feasible? Evidently the link to the Black Sea is ~1km at the narrowest and Strait of Gibraltar is 13km. Which sounds like an enormous feat of engineering, but maybe within the realm of possibility.

Edit: evidently the Hoover Dam is 379 meters long.