• Nastybutler@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    At least you have a road that reaches diagonally across WA. If Alaska did it would take a lot longer than that

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      4 days ago

      Alaska w/ an area of 1.7m sq/km or 663k sq/Freedom Units compared to Western Australia 2.5m sq/km or 975k sq/Freedom Units I’m not sure about that… But I suppose it’s possible.

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        4 days ago

        It’s not about the overall area, it’s about the shape. Alaska has long legs. WA is very compact for its size.

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      5 days ago

      It’s a really long drive from Utqiagvik to Ketchikan or even Proudhoe Bay to Juneau because you have to wait for climate change to make building the roads feasible