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Originally Posted by Giant Octopodes

Why am I getting flashbacks? Oh yeah, this is why...

https://youtu.be/ZDOI0cq6GZM

Let's just keep in mind that building a high speed rail, of the type seen all over the world, from San Fran to Anaheim was started in 2008 and it's currently projected to finish in 2033 at a cost of approximately $100 Billion. This is basic, simple, proven tech which is exclusively in one state and covering 400 miles of coastal area, and it'll cost $250 million per mile.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cali...igh-Speed_Rail

Sad but true, but the USA just can't build infrastructure anymore. There's fights for land rights for every mile you want to cover, and then environmental impact studies that need to be done, zoning concerns, on and on it goes, a sea of endless regulations and red tape.

The same concerns which exist for high speed rail are magnified many times over for something going much faster, and especially when it comes to unproven new tech, so don't be surprised if it ends up costing $1 billion per mile, or $250 billion to go from KC to St Louis.

Since Musk loves using public money, often by misrepresenting costs and projected earnings (why there was the SEC decision against him), that'll be on the taxpayers dime, so at a cost of $50k per resident of Missouri. Don't worry though they'll borrow that money from the federal government rather than actually get it in taxes, and the federal government in turn will just borrow it from China and toss it into the pile with the $20 trillion in debt we've accumulated ($61k per US Citizen).

Nothing to see here though. Everything's fine. Definitely a worthwhile investment.

(Btw how do I embed videos?)

You know we're talking California here. They live in a totally different universe.


The other statement I noticed was it said the human body can only endure 1/10 of a G of lateral force. Even without a pressurized suit, people pull higher G's on a roller coaster. So I'm not sure where they came up with that statement.