Re:Elon Musk and the Hyperloop
by theycallmemorty on Wednesday November 21, 2012 @01:55PM
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My understanding was that the Panama canal is mostly used for international shipping and that your NY -> LA use case would not be as common as East Asia -> Europe. Do you have the data to back this up?
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Also note that the Panama Canal system is set to expand by 2015,
and that US East-coast ports are already expanding their
cargo capacity in expectation of more & bigger container
ships, routing Pacific->Panama->East rather than
Pacific->West->rail->East.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal#Third_set_of_lock...
http://www.siteselection.com/issues/2011/nov/eastern-seaboar...
Re:Elon Musk and the Hyperloop
by robomartin on Wednesday November 21, 2012 @02:27PM
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East Asia to Europe goes through the Suez Canal. There's plenty of data on what goes through the Panama canal. Shoot me and email and I'll hand you a copy of all of my data for you to study.