2007-01-05 06:21:59 · 29 answers · asked by EZ 1 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ China
I let you know in 52 days
2007-01-05 06:23:04 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you could probably dig a hole all the way to China. Although it is not feasible. Firstly, you could not dig straight there. You would have to follow the earth's crust to do so. Secondly, you would have to dig under the Pacific ocean. To get to that depth you would have to constantly provide a large amount of support so that the weight of the ocean (compounded by the weight of atmospheric pressure) does not collapse your tunnel. Thirdly, you must either be lucky or plan you path very well. The ocean's crust is much thinner than the normal ground that you walk on. In many instances, only a few meters thick in fact. If you go the Pacific route (which is the shortest, at least from the U.S.) you wouldn't have to deal with the TransAtlantic Rift. But the ground can still be very unstable. You would be going underneath the "Ring of Fire" named so because of the tectonic instability of the region. This is an area of numerous earthquakes and volcanos, both above ground and underwater.
So, you may as well, simply travel by plane or boat.
2007-01-05 14:56:31 · answer #2 · answered by Ben 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope. Once you dug through the first several miles of dirt and rock you would hit the mantle and your hole would be filled with immensely hot molten magma. Then you would have to continue to dig through this for the next several thousand miles before hitting the core, which many speculate is super dense super heated iron. Then back through the mantle and back out the crust on the other side. Not only would it take an eternity to pull off, there is no existing terrestrial technology that could achieve it.
2007-01-05 14:25:58 · answer #3 · answered by Mr 51 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I recently was in China and asked if they dug a hole would they come out in America, They just looked at me as if I were dumb.
2007-01-06 06:55:19 · answer #4 · answered by bumppo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no.. that would require digging through the solid metal core of the earth, even with our large drills we still haven't dug deeper than 12 kilometers, that was dug by the Soviet Union in an attempt to reach the mantle, which they didn't reach.
2007-01-05 14:29:13 · answer #5 · answered by Fluffington Cuddlebutts 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if you have a Dodge Nitro. According to the commercial it goes all the way through the earth!
2007-01-05 21:22:36 · answer #6 · answered by Deeko 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best way to do that is to start in China, otherwise I don't think so.
2007-01-05 14:23:58 · answer #7 · answered by the Boss 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you want to? I don't think you could dig that far as you would run into hard rock and molten magma eventually.
2007-01-05 14:23:43 · answer #8 · answered by dbarnes3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, acording to philokter's rule of calculatoryphysicologicness, you can poportionate the epilitomes of time and gravity to maneuver, or shall I say "dig", through the mantal of the terrestrial disambaguation to end up in CHINA!
2007-01-05 14:27:49 · answer #9 · answered by MBj7B 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, beacuse the Earth's Core is too hot. Also if it is possible i think you have to start in Chile. Also I'm 14.
2007-01-05 14:35:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋