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I see the hyperloop's best use case in those countries as high speed package delivery. While you may not have a reason to go across the country in 10 minutes, y

I see the hyperloop's best use case in those countries as high speed package delivery. While you may not have a reason to go across the country in 10 minutes, you might want to have your online purchase shipped across the country in 10 minutes.

threeseed 12y ago
And in order to do that we need to build a massive series of tubes ? I don't think so. Better predictive SCM similar to what Amazon has been doing negates this for the majority of online purchases.
at-fates-hands 12y ago
I never thought of this application before. It would open up a lot of interesting possibilities.
remarkEon 12y ago
I don't know, I'd love to go across the country in 10 minutes. I live in Seattle and have a lot of friends and former co-workers that live in NYC/DC/Boston/Philly. Flying is expensive and miserable. Looping (Can we figure out a gerund for this? Looping sounds wrong) over to Brooklyn for drinks and then heading home sounds awesome. I think it would open up rapid transit in a way that just isn't possible for flight.
- Fuzzwah 12y ago
  In my younger days I had a PVC potato gun which everyone referred to as a "fffoooooont cannon", due to the sound it made when you ignited the hairspray. I imagine a hyperloop pod taking off down the tube will have a similar, but more awesome, sound. I'd happily announce that I was about to fffoooooont across the country to visit someone.
  - thewelder 12y ago
    hairspray? we always used ether (starting fluid).