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> laying a dumb pre-manufactured pipe Which is extremely expensive because it has to withstand huge forces trying to crush it like a an empty coke can.. Hyper
by pojzon 8y ago
> laying a dumb pre-manufactured pipe
Which is extremely expensive because it has to withstand huge forces trying to crush it like a an empty coke can..
Hyperloop is neighter "cheap" or "easy" to create. Its approx. 10 times as expensive to operate than "Mad-Lev" trains and 100000x as deadly if something goes wrong.
Malfunction in electric train means that it has to stop.
Malfunction in Hyperloop means all passangers are dead.
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Watch Thunderf00t rant about hyperloop and read his sources. This project is nothing more than a scam to fetch investors money.
- prostoalex 8y ago> Hyperloop is neighter "cheap" or "easy" to create. Its approx. 10 times as expensive to operate than "Mad-Lev" trains Is this across the board? I'd imagine the cost estimates would differ depending on where the line would be located - on raised platforms, below ground, or at ground level e.g. a highway divider lane? Or is Hyperloop impractical for pretty much all of the use cases?
- Rotten194 8y agoWell hyperloop will be more expensive any place maglev is more expensive. If maglev costs $x to build above ground, and $5x to build underground, then hyperloop would cost $10x and $50x, would it not? (disregarding what the actual scaling factor is)
- shookness 8y ago>>This project is nothing more than a scam to fetch investors money. I'm unaware of Musk asking for any particular investment in a Hyperloop project. Most Hyperloop projects are independent parties working on the idea on their own volition. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
- auslander 8y agoYou're wrong when you assumed it is Musk' scam, it is not. But the idea of hyperloop is used by many as a bait to scam away investors money.
- shookness 8y agoAny investor should know what they're getting into when investing in a high risk experiment like "Hyperloop". I'm just calling B.S. on it's some sort of scam.
- ksec 8y agoNot to mention we have a working real world implementation of Maglev running at 550 - 600Km/hr in Japan. Not as fast as the theoretical 1000Km/Hr in hyperloop, but one is still in R&D while the other is actually running. That is until Elon can proof he can manufacture the Tube much cheaper than layering the Mag-Lev track.
- Robotbeat 8y agoThunderf00t is not a good source for hyperloop.
- Tade0 8y agoThunderf00t is not a good source for a great deal of things. IIRC his field is chemistry, yet he explained the batteries vs fuel problem in a wilfully ignorant way.
- macspoofing 8y agoWhere did he go wrong in his criticism of Hyperloop?
- dehrmann 8y agoAll of the recent Elon Musk companies have been economically questionable if not for government subsidies.