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The HYPERLOOP Will Never Work, Here's Why

Adam Something0 HN recommenders · 2021–2022
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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.

Cited as a concise critique of Hyperloop feasibility whenever the idea comes up.

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@throwaway9465132021 · in “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] [VIDEO] While this isn't explicitly about the hyperloop, it gives a good similar line with relation to the hyperloop [1] [LINK]

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@fabianhjr2022 · in “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" < [VIDEO] >

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@HyperSane2022 · in “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 [VIDEO]

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