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As it turns out, tunnel boring isn't rate limited by boring speed, but by the relocation of shit that needs to be bored through like underground utility conduit
by kchoudhu 8y ago
As it turns out, tunnel boring isn't rate limited by boring speed, but by the relocation of shit that needs to be bored through like underground utility conduits.
Has Elon's company figured that problem out?
- cozzyd 8y agoIn this case most of the route will be underneath a freeway or the existing subway, so probably not too much to worry about there.
- 11thEarlOfMar 8y agoYes. They will bore below all utilities.
- antisthenes 8y agoBeyond the environment.
- sitkack 8y agoBoreX or SpaceBore will dig down into the void where it will be unencumbered by the physics of laws. Using Thielenite, it can tap into a liberterranean powersauce that can transform any argument using continental selfishness ... hup. Someone please fix this.
- sasaf5 8y agoBuzzword poetry :)
- pimlottc 8y agoWell played. Antithenes is referring to this classic Clarke and Dawe bit: https://youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM https://youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM
- kchoudhu 8y agoFound the Aussie.
- xiphias 8y agoYes, they are using a part of the dirt to strengthen the tunnel and building a train track (using trains with batteries) to be able to efficiently do the dirt removal. As he said the hardest part of it is creating rendevous point for 2 trains inside the tunnel