Elon Musk’s Tunnel Plan Isn’t as Crazy as SpaceX or Tesla

Re:Elon Musk’s Tunnel Plan Isn’t as Crazy as SpaceX or Tesla by tyingq on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @12:12PM (#14848901)

The headline seems to be focused just on the drilling/tunnel part. Whether a hyperloop is as crazy as SpaceX or Tesla doesn't seem to be covered.

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Re:Elon Musk’s Tunnel Plan Isn’t as Crazy as SpaceX or Tesla by b_ttercup on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @12:22PM (#14849019)

I recall reading the plan was to make electric sleds for cars (vaguely akin to car wash tracks) rather than hyper loops.

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Re:Elon Musk’s Tunnel Plan Isn’t as Crazy as SpaceX or Tesla by hanklazard on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @12:42PM (#14849251)

Correct. Here's a clip with a nice visual aid for what he's talking about: https://youtu.be/hpDHwfXbpfg?t=1m18s

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Re:Elon Musk’s Tunnel Plan Isn’t as Crazy as SpaceX or Tesla by tyingq on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @12:37PM (#14849185)

Perhaps. That's not what's said in the first two paragraphs of the article though.

"That superfast train, known as the hyperloop"

Edit: Ah, perhaps the article structure is just confusing to me. It's hard to map which "Tunnel Plan" they mean in the article.

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Re:Elon Musk’s Tunnel Plan Isn’t as Crazy as SpaceX or Tesla by edraferi on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @12:30PM (#14849109)

That would be awesome, especially if you can keep the engine running for climate control, etc.

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Re:Elon Musk’s Tunnel Plan Isn’t as Crazy as SpaceX or Tesla by kin on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @12:21PM (#14849012)

This isn't a hyperloop. It's just a new alternative transit system to bypass LA traffic

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Re:Elon Musk’s Tunnel Plan Isn’t as Crazy as SpaceX or Tesla by skykooler on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @12:22PM (#14849024)

Bypassing LA traffic by going from New York to Washington D.C.

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Re:Elon Musk’s Tunnel Plan Isn’t as Crazy as SpaceX or Tesla by kin on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @12:30PM (#14849115)

You don't have to be so mean about others referencing old news: http://www.scpr.org/news/2017/05/13/71818/elon-musk-digs-dee...

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Re:Elon Musk’s Tunnel Plan Isn’t as Crazy as SpaceX or Tesla by sqeaky on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @12:56PM (#14849440)

No, LA traffic is just that bad. I am in Omaha, only halfway to NY/DC, and I have to adjust my morning commute for LA rush hour.

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Re:Elon Musk’s Tunnel Plan Isn’t as Crazy as SpaceX or Tesla by strictnein on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @12:31PM (#14849123)

No, Musk was saying NYC to DC in 29 minutes. That's more than a 200 mile route, so you're talking average speeds of > 400mph.

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Re:Elon Musk’s Tunnel Plan Isn’t as Crazy as SpaceX or Tesla by oceanswave on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @12:21PM (#14849011)

Creating tunnels in an efficient manner is orthogonal to concepts such as hyperloop

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Re:Elon Musk’s Tunnel Plan Isn’t as Crazy as SpaceX or Tesla by tyingq on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @12:36PM (#14849174)

I guess, but if you read the first two paragraphs, the purpose of the tunnel is a hyperloop.

My comment was an exploration of the title "...Tunnel Plan Isn't as Crazy..." Then the article didn't seem to explore any of the crazy aspects of the purpose of the tunnel.

Talking about the "craziness" of digging the tunnel separate from the purpose seemed...odd.

Edit: Appears I may also be confused as to which "Tunnel Plan" in the article title maps to which "tunnel plan" the article is talking about.

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