<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>Russia building world's longest underwater tunnel... to Alaska. : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><link><id>16924</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/16924/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Russia building world's longest underwater tunnel... to Alaska.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Russia plans to build the world's longest tunnel under the Bering Strait to Alaska, as part of a $65 billion project to supply the U.S. with oil, natural gas and electricity from Siberia. The planned undersea tunnel would contain a high-speed railway, highway and pipelines, as well as power and fiber-optic cables.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>54</score><crdate>4/18/2007 7:05:59 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-18T19:05:59+01:00</atomdate></link><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;margin-bottom:-20px'><SCRIPT src="/ads/adsense.js" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT>
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<table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%' style='padding-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;' class='trh'><tr valign='bottom'><td><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'><tr valign='bottom'><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabs lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-comments'><a href='/l/16924/1/' class='plime2 td mn'>comments (4)</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-related'><a href='/l/16924-related/1/' class='plime td mn'>related</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-share'><a href='/l/16924-share/1/' class='plime td mn'>share</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-history'><a href='/l/16924-history/1/' class='plime td mn'>edit history (1)</a></td></tr></table></td><td class='minitabspc' style='width:100%' valign='middle'><table width='100%'><tr class='regular'><td align='right'> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&lt;</a><span> <b><a class='page-selected td' href='/l/16924/1/'>1</a></b> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&gt;</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><comment><id>46092</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/16924/1/xml_widget.rss#q5</url><title><![CDATA[Mango-fox @ 4/19/2007 1:01:49 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/l/16924/1/#q2"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>iceburg</b> : I can see the use for the pipeline, as well as power and fiber optic cables, but honestly how much of a demand is there for a high speed railway from a remote part of Alaska to Siberia?</i></div>I dunno, I guess if I were travelling between Russia and Alaska/Canada I would rather take a train than a boat.]]></content><score></score><crdate>4/19/2007 1:01:49 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-19T01:01:49+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>45985</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/16924/1/xml_widget.rss#q4</url><title><![CDATA[tundramonkey @ 4/18/2007 9:44:52 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[This leads me to the bigger question - how much longer can the US maintain its incredible dependance on foreign oil?]]></content><score></score><crdate>4/18/2007 9:44:52 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-18T21:44:52+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>45959</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/16924/1/xml_widget.rss#q3</url><title><![CDATA[BrownTrout @ 4/18/2007 8:45:35 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/l/16924/1/#q2"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>iceburg</b>&#160;:&#160;I can see the use for the pipeline, as well as power and fiber optic cables, but honestly how much of a demand is there for a high speed railway from a remote part of Alaska to Siberia?</i></div>I'm thinking the railway and roads will be more of an industrial resource than a transporation route for international travelers.]]></content><score></score><crdate>4/18/2007 8:45:35 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-18T20:45:35+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>45956</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/16924/1/xml_widget.rss#q2</url><title><![CDATA[iceburg @ 4/18/2007 8:42:16 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[I can see the use for the pipeline, as well as power and fiber optic cables, but honestly how much of a demand is there for a high speed railway from a remote part of Alaska to Siberia?]]></content><score></score><crdate>4/18/2007 8:42:16 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-18T20:42:16+01:00</atomdate></comment></items></xml>