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Something not unsimilar has been tried in the past: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Pneumatic_Despatch_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Pneuma
by ig1 13y ago
Something not unsimilar has been tried in the past:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Pneumatic_Despatch_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Pneumatic_Despatch_Comp...
In the 1860s there were a series of pneumatic tubes built under London, they were primarily built for cargo but it was perfectly feasible for people to travel in them (engineers working on the system did so).
- lukifer 13y agoIt's a shame there hasn't been more technological progress on cargo transit. A HyperLoop equivalent for sending goods could be a big deal; trucking is ridiculously inefficient economically and ecologically, at least relative to the possibility space.