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| Mark_Of_Sanity:
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| dannyf:
--- Quote ---Why not just have an investigative mind and just be willing to find the facts of the matter. --- End quote --- Quite a few factors make that mostly impossible: ego, personal interests, and (necessary) speculation, to name a few. To me, this whole thing seems quite silly in that i don't see it being able to compete economically with other means of transportation. Unless that can be answer with a high degree of confidence, finding money for this is going to be difficult. |
| Brumby:
Hold onto your hats .... or should I say stomachs: Hyperloop: high-speed rail network that could come to Australia http://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/hyperloop-highspeed-rail-network-that-could-come-to-australia/news-story/704d2ee6a76b425d8d1c23e756f8fd85 |
| vk6zgo:
--- Quote from: Brumby on October 05, 2016, 04:20:58 am ---Hold onto your hats .... or should I say stomachs: Hyperloop: high-speed rail network that could come to Australia http://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/hyperloop-highspeed-rail-network-that-could-come-to-australia/news-story/704d2ee6a76b425d8d1c23e756f8fd85 --- End quote --- Not going to fly!! The topography doesn't lend itself,plus NSW & Vic would have to get Federal funds. That would go over like a wrought iron hanglider with the other States. Perfect proof to WA that the Vic/NSW axis,with the connivance of Canberra, were out to screw us out of a fair share of our GST,whilst blowing Billions on a "toy". The rumbles of Secession will start to appear. WAexit,anyone?? ;D |
| max_torque:
QUESTION: Is current technology mass transit by rail limited by train velocity? ANSWER: No. The limiting factors for the installation, adoption and use of mass rail transit, are, imo: 1) Ticket Cost 2) Infrastructure build and maintainance costs 3) Availability of land for use by said rail network (At least in the UK, where i live) So the Hyperloop, assuming it can be made to work on a practical, day to day level, solves exactly none of those issues. Hence, Hyperloop = pointless, irrelevant of any engineering practicalities or solutions. |
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