The HYPERLOOP Will Never Work, Here's Why
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Cited as a concise critique of Hyperloop feasibility whenever the idea comes up.
What it is
Adam Something argues that the Hyperloop is impractical, covering the costs and engineering problems of running trains in a near vacuum compared with conventional rail and metros. The description admits some wrong numbers in the original cut.
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What Hacker News said
Cites throwaway946513 · 2021-11 · on “Hyperloop: Elon Musk merely renamed a 200-year-old dream”
But one of the biggest issues I've seen regarding the hyperloop is the near vacuum costing and polluting more than a conventional metro, let alone being slower to shuffle total people than a metro, and more overall more expensive than a metro. For reference: [0] [this video] While this isn't explicitly about the hyperloop, it gives a good similar line with relation to the hyperloop [1] [LINK]
Cites fabianhjr · 2022-01 · on “Yesterday, US grounded all planes on the west coast for ten minutes”
> When does the next hyperloop leave SF for Tokyo? Never, the whole world has been building more efficient and cost-effective transportation such as high speed rail. Some details by Adam Something on the technology itself: "The HYPERLOOP Will Never Work, And Here's Why" < [this video] >
Critical HyperSane · 2022-10 · on “Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staff’s code, workers said”
Hyperloop is very much a con job. "Full Self Driving is just a year away" is very much a con job. The cybertruck is a con job. The Tesla Semi is a con job. The tesla robot is a con job. [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] Mark Spiegel: Elon Musk is ‘a pathological liar’ [LINK] The Fake Futurism of Elon Musk [LINK] DEBUNKING ELON MUSK Pt1 [LINK] The HYPERLOOP Will Never Work, And Here's Why [this video]