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Doesn't mean building the first one should be expected to be easy.
by jarek 13y ago
Doesn't mean building the first one should be expected to be easy.
- waterlesscloud 13y agoWhat about the 2nd through the 5000th? All the cost skeptics want to roll all the R&D costs into one line. That wouldn't be the case.
- jarek 13y agoThe 5000th doesn't help the person who paid for the first one. That would be the State of California in this case. Unless Mr. Musk would be willing to sign a contract for expected-10th-implementation-cost and not a dollar more?
- waterlesscloud 13y agoIt's pretty common to amortize R&D costs over future expected sales.
- jarek 13y agoSo who will be the first to offer a signed contract to build the SF-LA line for $6,000,000,000.00? Maybe A16Z will be interested in providing venture funding.
- FrojoS 13y agoAs others have pointed out, 6bn is about the cost of the Bay Bridge extension or, if you prefer, six Instagrams or other retarded "tech" startups. This is not aimed at you, but when I started reading Hacker News I was amazed how excited, interesting and smart people were on this site. But now Im starting to get tired of this 'valley think'. Greetings from Switzerland where mind blowing infrastructure projects are still happening. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthard_Base_Tunnel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthard_Base_Tunnel
- jarek 13y agoIn case it wasn't clear, I was voicing my doubt that any company would actually build such a line for $6B claimed by Musk, not an opinion that it was unduly expensive.