> Practically anything could be "a clever political ploy", but where's the evidence for this? I mean, Musk's initial announcement regarding the hyperloop was a

> Practically anything could be "a clever political ploy", but where's the evidence for this? I mean, Musk's initial announcement regarding the hyperloop was about how California high speed rail shouldn't be built. These are the first lines of his blogpost announcing the hyperloop[1]: > When the California “high speed” rail was approved, I was quite disappointed, as I know many others were too. We can debate Musk's motivation, but the fact remains that the hyperloop is being used to argue against high speed rail construction, and has been since it was first announced. [1] https://www.tesla.com/blog/hyperloop https://www.tesla.com/blog/hyperloop