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Then you'd have to repair the asphalt underground, at greater expense. What's the point? The hyperloop is one of the dumbest transport projects to ever be built
by mjhay 3y ago
Then you'd have to repair the asphalt underground, at greater expense. What's the point? The hyperloop is one of the dumbest transport projects to ever be built.
- ianburrell 3y agoIt is important to distinguish between the Hyperloop, the long distance vacuum tube, and Loop intra-city tunnels. They are very different and they are both stupid.
- mjhay 3y agoAh yes, I got those confused. I'm sure the naming is deliberate to conflate a dumb and non-exciting idea with a dumb but exciting idea.
- jandrese 3y agoMost asphalt damage comes from water getting under it and freezing. That shouldn't be a problem in a tunnel. But I'd assume they would use a concrete surface in any case.
- mjhay 3y agoUnderground things are more susceptible to flooding, not less. That's why basements flood so much.
- jandrese 3y agoBut they are far less susceptible to freezing. It's not the water that kills the road, it is the ice. Well, water can erode away the material underneath the road, but if this is happening in your tunnel you have serious problems.
- twelve40 3y ago> and freezing uh... is that why many roads in California are shot, too?
- jandrese 3y agoCalifornians just drive too much.