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Worth noting that this guy's channel is overly dismissive of everyone, sometimes strawmanning, and a bit nihilist. That said, Dubai turned to an unmitigated dis

Worth noting that this guy's channel is overly dismissive of everyone, sometimes strawmanning, and a bit nihilist. That said, Dubai turned to an unmitigated disaster of a real estate excess which will disintegrate in the sand from which it came unless its owners do something completely drastic. Covid-19 put the tombstone in the plans to build the Las Vegas of middle east

jhbadger 5y ago
There are things and people he is for -- he isn't dismissive of everyone and everything. For example, he is a fan of traditional rail and subway systems and thinks we should build more of them. What he is dismissive of (and I think with reason) are things like the hyperloop, which he suspects not only are unworkable, but are promoted precisely to avoid investing in proven infrastructure like trains and subways and instead waiting for this miracle technology that will be ready "any day now".
- Tarsul 5y ago
  whats his opinion on maglev (Transrapid) trains?
  - emikulic 5y ago
    I know he doesn't like monorails but I don't know about maglevs.
  - tsujp 5y ago
    He doesn’t like maglev either because it’s extremely expensive compared to high speed rail and cites the Shanghai airports operating loss as an example. It also has similar infrastructure requirements as a monorail: a more complex platform than traditional rail.
- relativ575 5y ago
  > this miracle technology that will be ready "any day now". Which hyperloop projects are promised to be ready any day now? Infrastructure projects are usually announced years in advance, and more often than not run into delay. I'm not aware of a firm date for any public ready hyperloop systems.
  - kamray23 5y ago
    The argument made is more about the infeasibility and uncompetitiveness of hyperloop as a system. As for the "Any day now", it's been in development for centuries and the deadline moved from late 2010's to early 2020's and now it's once again in the late 2020's.
  - nix23 5y ago
    Hyperloop is canceled because it's bs, that was already known after 1830 (pneumatic capsule system by engineer William Murdoch). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHjrFKfyZrw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHjrFKfyZrw

jhbadger 5y ago

There are things and people he is for -- he isn't dismissive of everyone and everything. For example, he is a fan of traditional rail and subway systems and thinks we should build more of them. What he is dismissive of (and I think with reason) are things like the hyperloop, which he suspects not only are unworkable, but are promoted precisely to avoid investing in proven infrastructure like trains and subways and instead waiting for this miracle technology that will be ready "any day now".

Tarsul 5y ago
whats his opinion on maglev (Transrapid) trains?
- emikulic 5y ago
  I know he doesn't like monorails but I don't know about maglevs.
- tsujp 5y ago
  He doesn’t like maglev either because it’s extremely expensive compared to high speed rail and cites the Shanghai airports operating loss as an example. It also has similar infrastructure requirements as a monorail: a more complex platform than traditional rail.
relativ575 5y ago
> this miracle technology that will be ready "any day now". Which hyperloop projects are promised to be ready any day now? Infrastructure projects are usually announced years in advance, and more often than not run into delay. I'm not aware of a firm date for any public ready hyperloop systems.
- kamray23 5y ago
  The argument made is more about the infeasibility and uncompetitiveness of hyperloop as a system. As for the "Any day now", it's been in development for centuries and the deadline moved from late 2010's to early 2020's and now it's once again in the late 2020's.
- nix23 5y ago
  Hyperloop is canceled because it's bs, that was already known after 1830 (pneumatic capsule system by engineer William Murdoch). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHjrFKfyZrw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHjrFKfyZrw