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Imagine the bandwidth of those pods transporting backup tapes!! This project gives me futuristic vibes, if they could make the numbers work, is a great idea, i
by joking 4y ago
Imagine the bandwidth of those pods transporting backup tapes!!
This project gives me futuristic vibes, if they could make the numbers work, is a great idea, it could be even a closed tube that goes overground outside the cities and goes underground on the populated places.
I't more or less the idea of the hyperloop, but for cargo, and without the constraints of speed and safety that make the hyperloop so expensive. As a concept it seems so good, that I really hope that is going to be financially viable in a short amount of time.
- ThePadawan 4y agoVirgin Hyperloop is in fact an investor in CST since 2016 [0]. I can't help but find this maybe ironic, maybe fitting (?) since AFAICT (from skimming [1]) Hyperloop has given up on passenger transport this year to focus more on ...cargo. [0] https://www.cst.ch/hyperloop-one-investiert-in-cargo-sous-terrain/ https://www.cst.ch/hyperloop-one-investiert-in-cargo-sous-te... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Hyperloop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Hyperloop
- pawsforthought 4y agoThe consortium of investors certainly sees it as viable, to the extent that there’s no reliance on public subsidy for the project. Switzerland has the advantage of being relatively compact, so I do wonder how the economic case would stack up with different geographies. High capex, low opex. Lower capex with above-ground tubes as you suggest. I think Futurama was onto something.