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That sounds interesting for, say, a sci-fi novel, but in the real world I wouldn't want to be responsible for dealing with infrastructure maintenance, earthquak
by joshuahedlund 13y ago
That sounds interesting for, say, a sci-fi novel, but in the real world I wouldn't want to be responsible for dealing with infrastructure maintenance, earthquakes, tornadoes... Can you imagine if even part of something like that collapsed?
- lifeisstillgood 13y agoOver the ocean? Would be relatively minor impact even for a catastrophic failure. The thing is the speeds - anything that can do NYC-LA in minutes is going to have a catastrophic failure mode that kills everyone in a big radius. I am just trying to imagine the London Underground at 14,000 mph.
- tome 13y agoYou'd get around the Circle Line in four seconds.