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Re:A skeptical response to Musk's hyperloop by makomk on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @11:08AM (#6211958)
> actual studies of the proposed system energy consumption go as high as 6.5 MJ per passenger KM

Only if you assume that all the trains will be almost completely empty. I don't know about the US, but I've travelled on some odd routes at low-traffic hours in the UK and it's really fucking rare to see a train with as little as 10% occupancy because the rail companies don't run them.

Come to think of it, most of that was on relatively local lines that Hyperloop's not designed to replace anyway.

Re:A skeptical response to Musk's hyperloop by stonemetal on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @03:02PM (#6213519)
Sure but the only way to hit Spain's numbers in California is if you have an occupancy above 90%, which seems equally unlikely.