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2017 Medium Article: "Why The Hyperloop Will Fail" (medium.com)
submitted 2 years ago by gedaliyah@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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"At the end of the day I just want to know who’ll be responsible when the tube collapses and people get seriously hurt or worse. Can’t say I didn’t warn you guys."

Problem 1: Thermal Expansion Problem 2: Vacuum Problem 3: Scale Problem 4: Energy Requirements / Cost Problem 5: Deceleration Problem 6: Acceleration

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[–] chaogomu@kbin.social 37 points 2 years ago

Hyperloop didn't fail, it did exactly what Musk wanted. It killed the California high speed rail plan. At least for a few years.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 13 points 2 years ago

I don’t understand how this was not immediately obvious to everyone. Cult of personality I guess. It’s weird because back then I somewhat admired Elon but even so it was obvious that this idea was totally detached from reality.

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The hypershit failed years ago, why do we care now?

[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Wall St has fallen out of love with musky boi

[–] Starbuck@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

This article was contemporaneously posted with the actual announcement, but I agree that I don’t know why it was posted here 6 years later.

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There were plenty of voices saying this when Elon put out that whitepaper in 2013. We've known for a century that's its a dead end, we didn't need to spend a decade learning that again.

[–] ourob@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

Elon didn’t start hyper loop because he thought it would be successful. He started it to kill California’s high speed rail plans.

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