Transport Expert Insists 'Don't Dismiss Wacky Hyperloop'

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 15, 2013 @09:34PM from the greased-lightning dept.

DavidGilbert99 writes "Since Elon Musk announced the details of Hyperloop earlier this week, we've seen a number of experts debunking the technology involved, but at least one is more upbeat about the possibility of 600MPH train travel. Speaking to Alistair Charlton at IBTimes UK, professor Phil Blythe from the Institute of Engineering and Technology said: 'My gut feeling is, don't dismiss it out of hand just because it sounds a bit wacky,' adding 'You're always going to have long distance travel, and if there was something that could replace air travel between cities and hubs, and is low carbon [with] low energy requirements, it make sense to explore it, it really does.'"

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Re:Sure it's a loopy idea by sexconker · 2013-08-16 04:23 · Score: 0, Flamebait

So it's not important enough to waste your time reading about, but it's important enough to waste your time posting your uninformed opinions about it?
Welcome to the mindset of every liberal who complains about Fox News.
They need something to be mad about to make themselves feel "better", "informed", "educated", etc.
In the case of the Hyperloop, it really is an idea that will just never happen in this country. The good thing is that it's an idea that isn't needed. Planes work fine. The only issue is the TSA, but the TSA would be at the Hyperloop, and likely all along the track. Enjoy being stopped and groped, or scanned by various untested, unregulated, cancer machines operated by TSA monkeys just for driving on a section of the I-5 near the Hyperloop.