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Cars aren't going anywhere. This is simply delusional. Cars existed long before there were any subsidies in the form of government road development. They're not

Cars aren't going anywhere. This is simply delusional. Cars existed long before there were any subsidies in the form of government road development. They're not going away even if you take any kind of funding away for car infrastructure and build lots of other infrastructure. I suggest exploring outside cities and widening your horizons. You apparently don't know much about the world. Also even if implemented, hyperloop isn't for transport inside cities. It's for intermediate distances that are only a little too short to travel by plane with but too far for rapid travel on train/car. Elon was never interested in implementing hyperloop anyway. So this is a red herring.

vineyardmike 4y ago
Cars gained popularity in America with the rise of road systems that allowed for suburban life. Car companies has a huge history of damaging public transit infrastructure goals in cities to further their cars. In LA car companies literally bought rail car lines and turned them into buses. Hyper loop is absolutely an interest of Elon but yes it is a red herring. He’s doing it to distract from other goals so more people want teslas. Eg the Las Vegas tunnels that use teslas instead of train cars. https://inhabitat.com/what-happened-to-los-angeles-streetcars/ https://inhabitat.com/what-happened-to-los-angeles-streetcar... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/elon-musk-s-boring-company-to-start-full-scale-hyperloop-test-this-year/ar-AAWF5xx https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/elon-musk-s-boring-c...
- mlindner 4y ago
  > Hyper loop is absolutely an interest of Elon but yes it is a red herring. He’s doing it to distract from other goals so more people want teslas. Eg the Las Vegas tunnels that use teslas instead of train cars. I said he had no interest in implementing it, not that it wasn't an interest. He doesn't have the time and the level of interest in his other tasks is much higher.

vineyardmike 4y ago

Cars gained popularity in America with the rise of road systems that allowed for suburban life. Car companies has a huge history of damaging public transit infrastructure goals in cities to further their cars. In LA car companies literally bought rail car lines and turned them into buses. Hyper loop is absolutely an interest of Elon but yes it is a red herring. He’s doing it to distract from other goals so more people want teslas. Eg the Las Vegas tunnels that use teslas instead of train cars. https://inhabitat.com/what-happened-to-los-angeles-streetcars/ https://inhabitat.com/what-happened-to-los-angeles-streetcar... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/elon-musk-s-boring-company-to-start-full-scale-hyperloop-test-this-year/ar-AAWF5xx https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/elon-musk-s-boring-c...

mlindner 4y ago
> Hyper loop is absolutely an interest of Elon but yes it is a red herring. He’s doing it to distract from other goals so more people want teslas. Eg the Las Vegas tunnels that use teslas instead of train cars. I said he had no interest in implementing it, not that it wasn't an interest. He doesn't have the time and the level of interest in his other tasks is much higher.