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So, we're doing trains badly. I am more interested if the Boring's TBM technology actually dig any faster.
by kiba 3y ago
So, we're doing trains badly.
I am more interested if the Boring's TBM technology actually dig any faster.
- glogla 3y agoYes, I am looking forward to seeing this on some engineering disaster channel in few years.
- osigurdson 3y agoWait, what? You want to see a disaster occur?
- jasonlotito 3y agoThe context makes it clear that the parent means the car tunnel itself is the disaster. The video on the disaster is going to discuss why the tunnel is a failure. The project will be a disaster.
- Macha 3y agoOften these are less about actual disasters and more like the brandenburg airport, where a lot of money (and more than originally expected) is spent for very little gains.
- glogla 3y agoBrandenburg airport, I think we might watch the same podcast (with slides).
- nozonozon 3y agoNo, the commenter believes a disaster will occur and is looking forward to seeing evidence that their predictive ability is accurate.
- vman81 3y agoI'm reading that to mean a disaster like the Brandenburg airport in Berlin
- sneak 3y agoDoing trains badly is better than not doing underground trains (or any trains) at all.
- pavel_lishin 3y agoI'd argue that (a), it's not, and (b) we're not doing trains at all. It's just another road for cars, this one's just underground.
- osigurdson 3y agoIt is interesting to me that so many are hung up on form factor. It is like is has gotta look like a traditional NYC or London subway train (complete with gum stuck under the seat I expect) or it can't possibly be any good. It should just be about speed and amortized cost per unit distance.
- grishka 3y agoThe bulk of the cost of building a subway is in the tunnel construction. Could as well retrofit the tunnels with tracks for real trains later, when everyone except Elon realizes how little sense the original idea makes.
- AlexandrB 3y agoDon't know how easy that will be. Tunnels built for cars can have much tighter turns than a train/subway tunnel. Unless the tunnels are being planned with future conversion in mind they might need significant rework to be able to carry a train.