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The sixty-billion-dollar bullet train they’re proposing in California would be the slowest bullet train in the world at the highest cost per mile,” Musk said. “
by vishnuks 11y ago
The sixty-billion-dollar bullet train they’re proposing in California would be the slowest bullet train in the world at the highest cost per mile,” Musk said. “They’re going for records in all the wrong ways.” California’s high-speed rail is meant to allow people to go from Los Angeles to San Francisco in about two and a half hours upon its completion in—wait for it—2029. It takes about an hour to fly between the cities today and five hours to drive, placing the train right in the zone of mediocrity, which particularly gnawed at Musk. He insisted the Hyperloop would cost about $6 billion to $10 billion, go faster than a plane, and let people drive their cars onto a pod and drive out into a new city.
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- JDDunn9 11y agoTo be fair, experts said that $6-$10 billion estimate was not realistic. First time projects always overshoot their budget. Also, it assumed placing tubes on the highway, instead of buying land (by far the biggest expense of the project).
- abritinthebay 11y ago> Also, it assumed placing tubes on the highway, instead of buying land Which is a good idea and should be done. In fact any scheme that doesn't include this should be by definition classed as a unnecessary money-sink.
- apsec112 11y agoHyperloop has plenty of its own problems: https://pedestrianobservations.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/loopy-ideas-are-fine-if-youre-an-entrepreneur/ https://pedestrianobservations.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/loop...