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Not a flop. A great PR success, that apparently ended up convincing California that a high-speed train was not needed — hey, Elon is going to build tunnels for

• netsharc 1y ago
  Huh, good point. I've also read (hah do we have Musk legends now, does he also fart lightning out of his arse) that he hates public transport, because it means mingling with the lower classes. Wasn't the tunnel for that other vaporware idea, hyperloop, and this was the combo that killed the high-speed train? I was going to write, having a 12-figure net worth is a dangerous thing, because you can fund any dumb idea you have...
• _mlbt 1y ago
  California politicians and their incompetence were the ones that killed the high-speed train. It's a massive boondoggle that is way over budget, years behind schedule, and now estimated to cost $135 billion. https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/article311508045.html https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/article311508045.html
  • dzhiurgis 1y ago
    So Elon used 900m to save 135b and people are still bitching
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