Re:A skeptical response to Musk's hyperloop
by Anechoic on Thursday August 15, 2013 @02:54PM
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Your last paragraph seems to say that we don't want accurate estimates because then we might not do the projects.
No, my last paragraph says we don't want ultra-conservative estimates because we would definitely not do the projects.
Meanwhile, if we're now accepting that lowballing is a good idea, as your last paragraph says
My last paragraph doesn't say that.
This gives me some evidence that Musk could deliver more cheaply and on budget than the linked industry observer expects.
Perhaps. But if I were a betting man, I think Must will be in for a rude awakening upon discovering the mess that is the public environmental process, as have many other entrepreneurs before him.
No, my last paragraph says we don't want ultra-conservative estimates because we would definitely not do the projects.
Meanwhile, if we're now accepting that lowballing is a good idea, as your last paragraph says
My last paragraph doesn't say that.
This gives me some evidence that Musk could deliver more cheaply and on budget than the linked industry observer expects.
Perhaps. But if I were a betting man, I think Must will be in for a rude awakening upon discovering the mess that is the public environmental process, as have many other entrepreneurs before him.