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| Buriedcode:
Seems to me just another example of technology being driven by the extremely wealthy who, whilst of course educated and successful, have no real grasp of practical engineering. I think it can work, but will it be practical and make money? nope. It's not as bad as U-beam -which isn't complete fruitloopery as you can transfer power, its just woefully impractical and dangerous if it is to transfer any useful power. I'm sure current engineering can make a single 'hyperloop' line work, but the only point would be to have something that seems futuristic and would become a black hole for its investors. Also, people like Elon Musk make headlines. Remember a few months back he claimed that he thought the 'universe was a simulation'? Why was that news? its a very old idea, floated by many philosophers, and of course made into a successful film franchise. It was news because he said it, and the media like to think that those who have built very successful businesses must know everything about everything. |
| edavid:
You Europeans are missing the context, which is the enormous boondoggle/scam called California High Speed Rail. Hyperloop may seem implausible, but at least it has a chance, where most people think CHSR is guaranteed to fail :( |
| T3sl4co1l:
--- Quote from: edavid on July 27, 2016, 05:29:47 pm ---You Europeans are missing the context, which is the enormous boondoggle/scam called California High Speed Rail. Hyperloop may seem implausible, but at least it has a chance, where most people think CHSR is guaranteed to fail :( --- End quote --- Worth noting that, although SF and LA are, themselves, rather large cities / metro areas, the fact is this: the distance between them is equivalent to travelling between states in Europe. Except, when you travel between states in Europe, you pass tens (hundreds?) of stops at large and small cities, along the way, say between Paris and Berlin for instance. The vast majority of the US, is so large, and so low density, that you can drive the same distance without finding more than villages. Not that the route between SF and LA is that low density (I forget which cities the planned route passes, but it'll be more than just the two endpoints), but it's still not the kind of density that makes railways so beneficial in Europe. Here in Wisconsin, we've had the same sorts of proposals. We waste enough money on sports stadiums for crappy teams and games (but, I'm no fan of baseball, anyway... *cough* ;) ), we don't need to spend that kind of money on a rail that connects the two largest cities and a hundred miles of farmland! Tim |
| StillTrying:
--- Quote from: edavid on July 27, 2016, 05:29:47 pm ---You Europeans are missing the context, which is the enormous boondoggle/scam called California High Speed Rail. Hyperloop may seem implausible, but at least it has a chance, where most people think CHSR is guaranteed to fail :( --- End quote --- We're trying, we've got HS2, or as we like to call it H2S. http://stophs2.org |
| Alex Eisenhut:
Bah, Solaren, now THAT's a scam! http://www.solarenspace.com/ |
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