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		londons_explore on March 25, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is that ship still stuck? Yes it would... I know the suez canal was a once-per-century type infrastructure investment for Egypt. Doing that same investment again probbaly isn't feasible. But doing 0.2% of the work again is starting to sound pretty affordable...

pjc50 on March 26, 2021 [–]

> suez canal was a once-per-century type infrastructure investment for Egypt.

Once-per-century investment for France. It was, like the Eurotunnel, nominally privately funded: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal_Company but with significant political cover.

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