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The Hyperloop was never meant to be built. Elon Musk admitted it was all about fueling opposition to California’s high-speed rail project so it would get canceled.
He never planned to improve transportation; he just wants to keep people trapped in cars.
https://newrepublic.com/article/174089/big-tech-watching-drive
#tech #transport #elonmusk #transportation #hyperloop #trains
It’s not impossible to build. There’s no magical technology in it. Lots of things can be built if you just sink money in the project. But hyperloop is inefficient and insanely expensive. It would carry very few people, would be hell to maintain, with likely a lot of down time, and really isn’t worth the hassle.
(and don’t even get me started on his idiotic “let’s add more cars underground” idea)
Yep, anything you saved in additional speed would probably be eaten up by longer boarding times and security. The reason high speed rail is competitive with airlines below ~500km is the fact that the train stations are close to where you need to be, and you can rock up 5m before departure and still make your train.
It’s not impossible to build. There’s no magical technology in it. Lots of things can be built if you just sink money in the project. But hyperloop is inefficient and insanely expensive. It would carry very few people, would be hell to maintain, with likely a lot of down time, and really isn’t worth the hassle. (and don’t even get me started on his idiotic “let’s add more cars underground” idea)
Yep, anything you saved in additional speed would probably be eaten up by longer boarding times and security. The reason high speed rail is competitive with airlines below ~500km is the fact that the train stations are close to where you need to be, and you can rock up 5m before departure and still make your train.