Creating a lake using a hydrogen bomb - video

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I can't believe how many people used to think it was a sane idea to do this.

In the 1960's, project Carryall was created to carve out I-40 highway out of the Bristol Mountains in Southern California. Had the project proceeded, it would have used 23 atomic bombs for an estimated savings of 8 million dollars over traditional construction! There was also project Plowshare which would have used nukes to create a new Panama canal and new harbor in Alaska.