Submarine Commuting: A Victorian DreamThe future of travel was once thought to be underwater.

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Historically Bad Advice

At the turn of the 20th century, visionaries predicted personal submarines would become the next great mode of transportation for commuting and tourism. Influenced by Jules Verne and inventors like Simon Lake, the public imagined a future of casual underwater travel. This spectacular vision failed to anticipate the immense biological, practical, and economic barriers that made it an impossibility, leaving the idea a fascinating footnote in the history of technology.