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> "Can someone explain me how Hyperloop is supposed to work?" 1) Mass transit competes with cars. 2) Elon Musk sells cars. 3) High speed rail projects get de
by liability 6y ago
> "Can someone explain me how Hyperloop is supposed to work?"
1) Mass transit competes with cars.
2) Elon Musk sells cars.
3) High speed rail projects get derailed by people saying "but if we wait N years we could build a hyperloop instead"
That's how Elon Musk intends Hyperloop to work.
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- kanox 6y agoThis is one of the sillier Elon conspiracy theories. Tesla competes with gas cars, not trains.
- sudosysgen 6y agoOnce Tesla is done competing with gas cars, it will also compete with trains and airplanes. Remember GM trying to scrap public transport projects?
- jcranmer 6y ago> Remember GM trying to scrap public transport projects? I'm assuming you're referring to the GM streetcar conspiracy here. What GM actually did was try to monopolize the supply of buses--which is still a form public transport. They also did buy out several streetcar lines, but the streetcar systems they bought were already bankrupt or on the verge of bankruptcy. There's no real difference in the trajectory of streetcars in the cities which were bought out by GM and those in the cities were they were not bought out.
- liability 6y agoOccam's Razor is sharper than Hanlon's. Elon clearly doesn't truly believe that Hyperloop could work. Hyperloop's intention being the disruption of working mass transit is the simplest explanation.