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I think there is nothing more boring than reading a bunch of people who never propose anything point out flaws. You all sound like Balmer. This is a CONCEPT!!

I think there is nothing more boring than reading a bunch of people who never propose anything point out flaws. You all sound like Balmer. This is a CONCEPT!! Elon is THINKING you all are pointing, laughing and adding no value to the conversation of "What comes next?" If your idea is "the metro works", a 150 year old system, then this video is not for you. To the video, I like the concept of combining public and private transportation in the same path. It also makes sense as a way to directly link far distances. To me, this is a modification of the hyperloop concept. Something more feasible in the shorter term and definitely less risky. Of course all this depends on the economics and physics of boring becoming cheap and 10x faster. keep thinking Elon. Earth needs more of your "fantasies". Let the pointers keep pointing.

nebabyte 9y ago
If that is your idea of value, there exist plenty of scifi writers/artists with concepts like this, except more practical, better thought out, or so on So perhaps instead of 'pointing' you should take your own advice?
- ryanwaggoner 9y ago
  That's really unfair considering the source. This is someone who continually has proved the skeptics wrong. At what point does he earn the benefit of the doubt in your eyes?
  - Trd 9y ago
    Proven what? His main claim of glory, Tesla, still hasn't achieved what he built the company for: making EVs mainstream. Rather than the ecological revolution he pretends it to be (his focus on climate change), it is still nothing but an expensive toy for the wealthy. Not exactly selling at the levels where we could talk about making a change for the planet. Maybe you're referring to SpaceX in proving skeptics wrong? We have yet to see if that company ever becomes profitable. Reusing rockets is not what made people skeptical as much as pretending it'd make financial sense to do. Most of his other popular pet projects are even more pie-in-the-sky. Neuralink? That's nothing but talk. Hyperloop? not a single prototype built in the real world, in a real location. OpenAi sounds like what a conspiracy theorist would come up with.
    - MattRix 9y ago
      I think this crazy tunnel thing Elon just announced looks horrible, but the moment you claim that Tesla and SpaceX aren't doing anything special is where it becomes pretty obvious that you don't know what you're talking about.
      - unityByFreedom 9y ago
        Tesla sells high tech luxury vehicles that, as yet, aren't mainstream, and there are several road bumps to overcome before getting there. To laud Musk's success today to the point of proving success on his future products is premature. He hasn't completed his initial goals -- making electric mainstream and space flight an enterprise. Not saying it isn't possible or what he has achieved isn't great. Just saying his existing successes don't prove what he's proposing will succeed, since, his new goals are as big or bigger than his initial as-yet-incomplete goals.
        Can_Not 9y ago
        > as yet, aren't mainstream Maybe it takes more than 5 minutes to make all cities capable of powering electrical cars then competing with the existing car market? He's already built a successful product, has successful competitors, prevented the 2000's era proprietary cell phone charger fiasco from happening again. It's a little too late to be skeptical.
        unityByFreedom 9y ago
        I agree. Just saying it isn't evidence for future big plan success. I'm glad some people are optimistic for it. I wonder what will happen to all these goals if / when the next recession hits. But that's more of my cynical view coming in. You keep being you and I'll be me ;-)
        Doxin 9y ago
        > aren't mainstream Citation needed. I see teslas multiple times daily. In my book that counts as mainstream.
chrismealy 9y ago
This is just FUD to crowd out practical solutions that compete with his magical car bullshit.
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lasc4r 9y ago
We need some solar frickin' roadways!
danderino 9y ago
"I think there is nothing more boring than reading a bunch of people who never propose anything point out flaws." This just isn't a very rational statement.

nebabyte 9y ago

If that is your idea of value, there exist plenty of scifi writers/artists with concepts like this, except more practical, better thought out, or so on So perhaps instead of 'pointing' you should take your own advice?

ryanwaggoner 9y ago
That's really unfair considering the source. This is someone who continually has proved the skeptics wrong. At what point does he earn the benefit of the doubt in your eyes?
- Trd 9y ago
  Proven what? His main claim of glory, Tesla, still hasn't achieved what he built the company for: making EVs mainstream. Rather than the ecological revolution he pretends it to be (his focus on climate change), it is still nothing but an expensive toy for the wealthy. Not exactly selling at the levels where we could talk about making a change for the planet. Maybe you're referring to SpaceX in proving skeptics wrong? We have yet to see if that company ever becomes profitable. Reusing rockets is not what made people skeptical as much as pretending it'd make financial sense to do. Most of his other popular pet projects are even more pie-in-the-sky. Neuralink? That's nothing but talk. Hyperloop? not a single prototype built in the real world, in a real location. OpenAi sounds like what a conspiracy theorist would come up with.
  - MattRix 9y ago
    I think this crazy tunnel thing Elon just announced looks horrible, but the moment you claim that Tesla and SpaceX aren't doing anything special is where it becomes pretty obvious that you don't know what you're talking about.
    - unityByFreedom 9y ago
      Tesla sells high tech luxury vehicles that, as yet, aren't mainstream, and there are several road bumps to overcome before getting there. To laud Musk's success today to the point of proving success on his future products is premature. He hasn't completed his initial goals -- making electric mainstream and space flight an enterprise. Not saying it isn't possible or what he has achieved isn't great. Just saying his existing successes don't prove what he's proposing will succeed, since, his new goals are as big or bigger than his initial as-yet-incomplete goals.
      - Can_Not 9y ago
        > as yet, aren't mainstream Maybe it takes more than 5 minutes to make all cities capable of powering electrical cars then competing with the existing car market? He's already built a successful product, has successful competitors, prevented the 2000's era proprietary cell phone charger fiasco from happening again. It's a little too late to be skeptical.
        unityByFreedom 9y ago
        I agree. Just saying it isn't evidence for future big plan success. I'm glad some people are optimistic for it. I wonder what will happen to all these goals if / when the next recession hits. But that's more of my cynical view coming in. You keep being you and I'll be me ;-)
      - Doxin 9y ago
        > aren't mainstream Citation needed. I see teslas multiple times daily. In my book that counts as mainstream.

chrismealy 9y ago

This is just FUD to crowd out practical solutions that compete with his magical car bullshit.

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lasc4r 9y ago

We need some solar frickin' roadways!

danderino 9y ago

"I think there is nothing more boring than reading a bunch of people who never propose anything point out flaws." This just isn't a very rational statement.