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The Hyperloop: BUSTED

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Mark_Of_Sanity:

dannyf:

--- Quote ---Why not just have an investigative mind and just be willing to find the facts of the matter.
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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

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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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