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Payback. Risk. Magnitude. Is there really any more to it than that?

• tansey 13y ago
  Exactly. Hyperloop in particular has the worst of all worlds. 1. Huge investment required up front. 2. First of its kind, so lots of risk. 3. Small potential gain relative to the investment. In fact, Hyperloop was never proposed as a VC funded project by Musk. He's merely proposing it as an alternative to high-speed rail. Historically, public transit loses money, making it a terrible investment. However, it's a public good so governments continue to support them.
  • wavesounds 13y ago
    You forgot the biggest risk of all, Death. I'm all for the Hyperloop but lets be realistic, its way easier to give a few guys in a garage a hundred thousand dollars to build software for sharing pictures that's never going to hurt anyone then fork over billions for a futuristic transport that could potentially kill people.