Arguably, trains came out of the industrial revolution and amplified it. (The early phase ran on canals.) The real question, however, is: will Hyperloop meet c

Arguably, trains came out of the industrial revolution and amplified it. (The early phase ran on canals.) The real question, however, is: will Hyperloop meet canal barges in terms of mass moved per distance at a given interval of time (and this for an equal share of investments / at comparable costs)? Edit: Assuming you'd have to divide the track into air-locked sections for safety concerns, with just a single pod in a section at a given time, which drastically limits capacity.