I think the negativity is an inevitable reaction to the Elon Musk hype machine, which he himself plays into. Recall the Thai diving incident, when he proposed a

I think the negativity is an inevitable reaction to the Elon Musk hype machine, which he himself plays into. Recall the Thai diving incident, when he proposed a submarine solution that was neither realistic not workable. In this instance, it would have been obvious from the get-go that a project like this would run into environmental concerns. The whole thing has been a waste of time and sucked attention away from more realistic possibilities. This broadly applies to Hyperloop as well, which is cool tech that solves none of the problems holding back transportation in the US, which are almost all political.