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And when I found this out, I lost a lot of respect for him. All his talk of sustainability is junk when you see words like this.

randyrand 3y ago
if rider numbers are bad, the rail will have been net bad for the environment
- beembeem 3y ago
  I'll try to take this as a serious comment, but I'm unsure because it displays a lack of awareness. The goal of the project is to go where people want to go. The CAHSR project took in a lot of feedback as well as local political involvement to get to its alignment. Because of this process, it hits many major population centers and destinations throughout the state. It eventually will connect all three major metro areas (SD, LA, SF) as well as the capital city (Sacramento). Once complete the HSR will be the fastest door-to-door mode of inter-city transit for many of these destinations.
  - dragonwriter 3y ago
    > It eventually will connect all three major metro areas (SD, LA, SF) as well as the capital city (Sacramento). There are no concrete plans to do anything related to Phase 2 since the active scope was narrowed, so the SD and Sacramento connections are really wishful thinking at this point; the Authority still says that planning is happening on Phase 2, but lists no Phase 2 related progress (even planning) in their annual reports and similarly has no Phase 2 related progress goals in those reports. Its an SF to Anaheim project.
wildrhythms 3y ago
It wasn't after Musk publicly went around calling a rescue worker a pedophile for disregarding his attention-seeking 'rescue submarine' concept? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/15/elon-musk-british-diver-thai-cave-rescue-pedo-twitter https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/15/elon-musk...
- rvbissell 3y ago
  ¿Por qué no los dos?
  - beembeem 3y ago
    The two situations are different. The Thai rescue had Elon exhibiting strange personal behavior. I never agreed with it. When he admitted he built a staged rail company to subvert public high speed rail and encourage more sales of his cars, it strikes directly at the heart of his "mission" and "values" that are so adored by the auto & tech industries.
agumonkey 3y ago
Yeah this was also the start of lost innocence for me too. He's just a guy, one who made a few superb dents into different industries.. but still just a guy, with massive flaws. I'm actually worried that this person is connected or at the core of so many new industrial technologies.

randyrand 3y ago

if rider numbers are bad, the rail will have been net bad for the environment

beembeem 3y ago
I'll try to take this as a serious comment, but I'm unsure because it displays a lack of awareness. The goal of the project is to go where people want to go. The CAHSR project took in a lot of feedback as well as local political involvement to get to its alignment. Because of this process, it hits many major population centers and destinations throughout the state. It eventually will connect all three major metro areas (SD, LA, SF) as well as the capital city (Sacramento). Once complete the HSR will be the fastest door-to-door mode of inter-city transit for many of these destinations.
- dragonwriter 3y ago
  > It eventually will connect all three major metro areas (SD, LA, SF) as well as the capital city (Sacramento). There are no concrete plans to do anything related to Phase 2 since the active scope was narrowed, so the SD and Sacramento connections are really wishful thinking at this point; the Authority still says that planning is happening on Phase 2, but lists no Phase 2 related progress (even planning) in their annual reports and similarly has no Phase 2 related progress goals in those reports. Its an SF to Anaheim project.

wildrhythms 3y ago

It wasn't after Musk publicly went around calling a rescue worker a pedophile for disregarding his attention-seeking 'rescue submarine' concept? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/15/elon-musk-british-diver-thai-cave-rescue-pedo-twitter https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/15/elon-musk...

rvbissell 3y ago
¿Por qué no los dos?
- beembeem 3y ago
  The two situations are different. The Thai rescue had Elon exhibiting strange personal behavior. I never agreed with it. When he admitted he built a staged rail company to subvert public high speed rail and encourage more sales of his cars, it strikes directly at the heart of his "mission" and "values" that are so adored by the auto & tech industries.

agumonkey 3y ago

Yeah this was also the start of lost innocence for me too. He's just a guy, one who made a few superb dents into different industries.. but still just a guy, with massive flaws. I'm actually worried that this person is connected or at the core of so many new industrial technologies.