Re:Ask HN: Tesla is making us move or quit. Would I get seve...
by vineyardmike on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @12:39PM
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Cars gained popularity in America with the rise of road systems that allowed for suburban life.
Car companies has a huge history of damaging public transit infrastructure goals in cities to further their cars. In LA car companies literally bought rail car lines and turned them into buses.
Hyper loop is absolutely an interest of Elon but yes it is a red herring. He’s doing it to distract from other goals so more people want teslas. Eg the Las Vegas tunnels that use teslas instead of train cars.
https://inhabitat.com/what-happened-to-los-angeles-streetcar...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/elon-musk-s-boring-c...
Re:Ask HN: Tesla is making us move or quit. Would I get seve...
by mlindner on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @08:13PM
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> Hyper loop is absolutely an interest of Elon but yes it is a red herring. He’s doing it to distract from other goals so more people want teslas. Eg the Las Vegas tunnels that use teslas instead of train cars.
I said he had no interest in implementing it, not that it wasn't an interest. He doesn't have the time and the level of interest in his other tasks is much higher.
I suggest exploring outside cities and widening your horizons. You apparently don't know much about the world.
Also even if implemented, hyperloop isn't for transport inside cities. It's for intermediate distances that are only a little too short to travel by plane with but too far for rapid travel on train/car. Elon was never interested in implementing hyperloop anyway. So this is a red herring.