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Capacity seems like a killer flaw to me. Just doesn't make economic sense compared to rail.
by rbobby 10y ago
Capacity seems like a killer flaw to me. Just doesn't make economic sense compared to rail.
- bubuga 10y agoCapacity is a problem, but not a significant one. The problem is the cost to build, maintain and operate the infrastructure required to comply with the speed requirements, the fact that most of the technology doesn't exist, that the physics issues of a vehicle interacting with a foundation medium at very high speeds are far from being tackled (commonly referred to as trans-rayleigh trains), and that even the most basic issues of the propaganda talking points are yet to be tackled by the project. Hyperloop reminds me of the Simpson's monorail episode in many ways.