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Didn't Elon also say that the Hyperloop would be buildable/achievable without having to obtain large swaths of contiguous land for the construction of the entir
by socialist_coder 14y ago
Didn't Elon also say that the Hyperloop would be buildable/achievable without having to obtain large swaths of contiguous land for the construction of the entire loop (which is next to impossible in developed countries)?
How does this prediction meet that requirement? Or am I missing something?
This is the quote I'm referring to:
"It also can’t have a right of way issue, where people have to give up their homes."
http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/19/elon-musk-with-jobs-gone-google-will-win-mobile-and-look-out-for-the-hyperloop/ http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/19/elon-musk-with-jobs-gone-go...
- jacquesm 14y agoYou are absolutely right, someone else in this thread also brought it up. I completely missed out on that requirement and indeed it seems to invalidate the whole thing. Unless there is a recycling of roads somehow. The thing that bugs me about the whole 'space' angle is that if that is the solution it is only usable between endpoints, and roads are usable for everybody (also those people living between the endpoints). You then get the same issues that you have with airports, you have to actually go to one of very few terminals in order to get on the loop. And ground transportation converging on the loop would be the bottle-neck (think highway LA - SF with only one on-ramp). So likely we're missing a huge piece of the puzzle still.
- socialist_coder 14y agoDefinitely. It's still enjoyable to read these ideas though =)