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We already have the technology to make tunnels. Boring Co's tunneling machines are all machines they purchased from other companies and mildly customized. News

We already have the technology to make tunnels. Boring Co's tunneling machines are all machines they purchased from other companies and mildly customized. News flash: all boring machines are customized on site to the specific needs of each project. Boring Co wasn't even the first company to modify their boring machine to use electric power. They were just the only ones to brag about doing something that many others have already done. Boring Co hasn't even managed to learn how to use the machines it has. Its tunnels are still the roughest in the industry; they're considered so rough that a number of industry-standard processes and add-on equipment (such as retaining-wall rigs) won't even work in Boring Co's tunnels because they're so poorly bored. And Musk's BS about wanting to go to Mars is just that. Marketing BS that makes nerds think that he has a plan and a vision and it's really just smoke-and-mirrors to get you to ignore all the details that show he doesn't actually give a rat's ass or know what he's doing.

ckdarby 4y ago
What was used in the four Vegas tunnels for the retaining walls?
fnordpiglet 4y ago
For someone that doesn’t know what he’s doing he’s successfully built a pretty successful rocket company that’s developing the heavy lift capabilities for going to mars, an EV company - important on a planet without plentiful hydrocarbons, planetary communication systems, and a bunch of other companies that are components for that vision. It’s hard to point to where the BS lies - with every rocket launch he gets one step closer to that BS I guess? I’m no Elon fan boy, I think he’s frankly dangerous, but I don’t doubt for a second how serious he is and how methodically he is executing his idea of colonizing mars. Whether he will be successful or not, it’s hard to dispute he’s advanced that cause more than any one person has. I’d note the success of boring company has nothing to do with the motivation for creating the company.
diebeforei485 4y ago
> Boring Co's tunneling machines are all machines they purchased from other companies and mildly customized. What company did they purchase Prufrock from?

ckdarby 4y ago

What was used in the four Vegas tunnels for the retaining walls?

fnordpiglet 4y ago

For someone that doesn’t know what he’s doing he’s successfully built a pretty successful rocket company that’s developing the heavy lift capabilities for going to mars, an EV company - important on a planet without plentiful hydrocarbons, planetary communication systems, and a bunch of other companies that are components for that vision. It’s hard to point to where the BS lies - with every rocket launch he gets one step closer to that BS I guess? I’m no Elon fan boy, I think he’s frankly dangerous, but I don’t doubt for a second how serious he is and how methodically he is executing his idea of colonizing mars. Whether he will be successful or not, it’s hard to dispute he’s advanced that cause more than any one person has. I’d note the success of boring company has nothing to do with the motivation for creating the company.

diebeforei485 4y ago

> Boring Co's tunneling machines are all machines they purchased from other companies and mildly customized. What company did they purchase Prufrock from?