I'm not sure, but I'm pretty excited to see private companies trying to tackle the issue. Plus, when you look at the relative amounts of funds being spent right

I'm not sure, but I'm pretty excited to see private companies trying to tackle the issue. Plus, when you look at the relative amounts of funds being spent right now (the linked article mentions Virgin Hyperloop One raising $50 million), it's still a relatively small number compared to the billions spent on social media and advertising companies and the defense industry. If these private early companies can prove the concept is viable, there's plenty of money out there to implement it and work through the problems.