Elon Musk's new 5th form of transportation. The Hyperloop.

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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

If this thing actually works, for those worried about cost... You don't think a company like GE or Amazon wouldn't pay by the truckload in private investment? Employees waste a shitload of time traveling. Even on planes when you factor in all the screening and idle time.

I'm not worried about the cost beyond just finding enough money to get a full-scale version working. There's a chance they put the whole thing together and it just plain isn't going to work, and that'll be a big investment that just evaporates - possibly from a government agency that is going to have to deal with political fallout for it.

If someone can prove it works, though, the money won't be hard to find at all. It'll be expensive, but I wouldn't think it'd be dramatically worse than a train line, and it should be easier to install due to the small footprint.

But for me, the biggest issue is the passenger experience. Yes, it can go really fast, but that means that the passengers are gonna be experiencing a lot of Gs over a lot of time. Not to mention it's a closed system without the ability to easily see outside. It just doesn't seem like it will be an enjoyable experience.