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The Hyperloop was never meant to be built. Elon Musk admitted it was all about fueling opposition to California’s high-speed rail project so it would get canceled.
He never planned to improve transportation; he just wants to keep people trapped in cars.
https://newrepublic.com/article/174089/big-tech-watching-drive
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I’m 100% for mass transit. And we should be using freight trains much more often than Semis.
But I have no expectations that we’d make that transition in the next 15 years. We absolutely can have a majority of vehicles being electric and get off of coal/oil power plants within 15 years.
Importantly, it allows us to move that energy from coal/oil to green energy, which I expect will become more and more common.
Hell, when EVs pick up enough, I bet nuclear will start looking great. Such a consistent load on the grid is ideal for nuclear.
If only we had a technology that efficiently transports large amounts of people/goods using electricity 100 years ago…
I’m 100% for mass transit. And we should be using freight trains much more often than Semis.
But I have no expectations that we’d make that transition in the next 15 years. We absolutely can have a majority of vehicles being electric and get off of coal/oil power plants within 15 years.