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the hyper loop is… a Tesla ride though a tunnel? -- (link)

Posted by hollywood big shot (aka pickmix) Jan 7 '23, 13:57

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https://twitter.com/PoliticsAndEd/status/1611808191733727232 (twitter.com)

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if ever there was a spot for driverless cars you'd think it would be with this -- nm* - Beaker Jan 7, 14:33 8
- although, and I'm just spitballing here... what if there was a track for the wheels to go into and they couldn't get out of - Reagen Jan 7, 14:41 6
  - Part of the reason for using cars instead of going with larger rail car carriages is the size of the hole can be smaller, allowing - TWuG Jan 7, 14:53 5
    - "Introduce special purpose multi-passenger units"... Congratulations, you've invented a bus. -- nm - Ender Jan 7, 16:31 1
      - Yes, but also not quite. More like airport rail systems, but with unjoined cars that aren't scheduled, but run continuously between fixed points. - TWuG Jan 7, 16:45
    - assuming the homeless don't take it over as a warm underground shelter -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 7, 15:19
    - Your last point is interesting. Is this what (temporarily at any rate) solves the southwest's water problem? -- nm - rollo Jan 7, 15:17 1
      - The Southwest's water problem isn't really about how it is moved about, but who gets access to it and how much there is to begin with. -- nm - TWuG Jan 7, 16:52
- Driverless vehicles aren't permitted yet. But, yes, that's the goal. -- nm - TWuG Jan 7, 14:35
So...subterranean taxis on an enclosed environment with no chance to move if the car has issues. This is *brilliant*. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 7, 14:04
The hyperloop is a fraud aimed at stopping the development of high speed rail in America -- nm - Beryllium Jan 7, 13:59 11
- We need high speed rail, but that is a solution for inter-city travel and less so for intra-city travel. -- nm - TWuG Jan 7, 16:54 6
  - That is so not true. Look at Europe and how their rail system is for people to travel all over the continent. We should have that for our - Krusty Jan 7, 18:54 2
    - That's what "inter" means: between. Between cities. Intra means within. -- nm - TWuG Jan 7, 22:19 1
      - Why is it good enough for travel between cities but not within the cities? Costs? -- nm - Krusty Jan 8, 04:51
  - Cars are not the solution for improving intra-city travel. In fact, they are rather the enemy of the concept. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 7, 17:22 2
    - What I'm saying is the implementations as in Las Vegas aren't going to be a substitute for high speed rail. And are cheaper than subway lines - TWuG Jan 7, 17:49 1
      - ah, thanks for clarifying -- nm - Beryllium Jan 7, 17:49
- There it is. -- nm - znufrii Jan 7, 15:29
- *DING* -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 15:23
- yup. -- nm - Remlik Jan 7, 14:17
- (In order to sell more cars. Like a chickenshit version of the scheme in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 7, 13:59

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