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Of all the hyped up startups out there. I'm personally most bullish on the promise of the Hyperloop. Really Hyperloop One since they're the only one making actu
by salimmadjd 10y ago
Of all the hyped up startups out there. I'm personally most bullish on the promise of the Hyperloop. Really Hyperloop One since they're the only one making actual progress.
The article makes some decent sounding criticism on the issue of last mile being the limiting factor. But it all reminds me of what I heard before regarding fast internet connectivity (the issue of the last mile), or why would people need personal computers. The problem with criticizing anything that can impact the future, is that we just don't know how it'll impact it.
I do know that anytime transportation or means of connecting goods or people has been changed, it has had tremendous impact in economy and how the world works.
Do we need to ship cargo at 500 MPH? With today's thinking, maybe no. But I do know by building and experimenting with Hyperloop not only we might just transform the world, in the process will probably make other accidental discoveries as an added bonus.
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- foota 10y agoSeems like this is something a company like Amazon could be interested in, for the long tail of products it might be more cost effective to be able to ship via hyperloop vs building more capacity.