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TrappedInASkinnerBox t1_jacv0co wrote

> Elon Musk’s innovative idea for freight transport

I wish people would stop spreading this myth. The original Hyperloop proposal is just a vacuum train. An idea that has existed for decades.

The "loop", or whatever they are calling the Teslas in a tunnel idea, is just a road tunnel. An idea that has existed for more than a century.

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Enzo-chan t1_jad63ex wrote

Not decades, the idea exist for over a century. It was just not feasible, sadly, the concept is so cool.

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TrappedInASkinnerBox t1_jad7hv3 wrote

Yeah it sucks that tunnel boring is so expensive. But fully electric hypersonic transcontinental rail transport would be really cool.

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