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Elon Musk Says He Has a Green Light To Build a NY-Philly-Baltimore-DC Hyperloop (theverge.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report:Elon Musk just tweeted that his Boring Company tunnel project has just received "verbal [government] approval" to build a hyperloop connecting New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, DC. While we work to verify his claim, Musk is continuing to tweet more details about the project. The hyperloop, an ultrafast method of travel first developed by Musk in 2013, would only take 29 minutes to travel between New York City and DC, he claims. And it would feature "up to a dozen or more" access points via elevator in each city. Update: Eric Phillips, press secretary for the New York City mayor, tweeted, "This is news to City Hall," adding "The entirety of what we know about this proposal is what's in Mr. Musk's tweet. That is not how we evaluate projects of any scale."
"The hyperloop, an ultrafast method of travel first developed by Musk in 2013"
By "first developed" you presumably mean "applied some minor tweaks and a 'cool' name to a basic concept that's been around for over two centuries"?
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Certainly Musk might end up being the first person to get a practical vacuum tube transportation network working, but crediting him with developing the idea himself seems a bit much.
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He's trying to do something. You're not. He may fail, but he's doing more than you ever will.
Living large by slurping up government subsidies?
Oooooh-kay.
LOL.. EXACTLY what he's doing... Nothing like a government check to keep you rolling in the money.
"File to fit, pound to insert, paint to match" - Aircraft Maintenance 101
Problem is that at the speeds the Hyper loop is supposed to go, the existing right of way with all the twists and turns is has won't work very well. Musk needs as straight of a shot as he can manage to make the high speeds comfortable for the passengers. As it stands now, it would be one heck of a roller coaster ride to do that trip in 29 min using the existing right of way.
"File to fit, pound to insert, paint to match" - Aircraft Maintenance 101
Yes, probably he did ask Trump. And Trump probably did say yes. Because that's the kind of thing Trump does.
The solid rock substrate is unlikely to be a cause for concern. There have already been numerous tunnels dug all over the world using similar technology, as well as techniques far more ancient, through solid rock. I expect the economy gains will mostly come from the fact that the proposed hyper loop tunnels are very small compared to other bored tunnels. Consequently less rock has to be removed, and less materials used to line and seal the tunnel.
California hasn't had a budget deficit for 5 years, has paid off most debt, has in fact been setting aside money in reserve (despite having our tax dollars siphoned off to the southeast by the feds), and will build HSR. Unfortunately, since nobody's going to ride it when it opens in the 2040s and it will have huge ongoing maintenance costs.
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