I like ideas like this. It gives me a chance to ponder some of the math. At $60 billion to build, and $30 to ride, the first 533 million or so fares would be enough to just cost the construction cost, plus interest of course. The article says speeds up to 760 m.p.h. Isn't that breaking the sound barrier? To make the 383 mile trip in 30 minutes, you'd have to be going 760 m.p.h. for the entire distance. Or, since the speed would be 0 m.p.h. at each end, I suppose you could go an average of 760 m.p.h., if you hit 1520 m.p.h. at the middle of the trip. You would think that anyone considering investing in this scheme would be better at math than the folks proposing it.
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Here's a different link. More explanation.
http://www.wired.com/2014/12/jumpstartfund-hyperloop-elon-musk/
YoHo1975LA to SF in 6 hours? There is no day nor time when that is possible....legally.
383 miles on the 5. 6 hours = average speed of 64 mph. Driving at 70 mph is hardly impossible.
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Paul of Covington One thing to remember from the article: "'They look at this like a blank sheet of paper on which they can realize their fantasies,' UCLA professor Craig Hodgetts said." I thought I remembered a similar discussion some time ago & found it: http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/743/t/216301.aspx
One thing to remember from the article:
"'They look at this like a blank sheet of paper on which they can realize their fantasies,' UCLA professor Craig Hodgetts said."
I thought I remembered a similar discussion some time ago & found it:
http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/743/t/216301.aspx
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Wizlish Victrola1 It sounds too good to be true... "Only" 16 billion to connect LA and SF. And now solar power is the technology supposed to be 'too cheap to meter.' Unless I remember incorrectly, PRT at either end (at higher-yet infrastructure costs?) Engineered by architecture students. What could go wrong?
Victrola1 It sounds too good to be true...
"Only" 16 billion to connect LA and SF. And now solar power is the technology supposed to be 'too cheap to meter.' Unless I remember incorrectly, PRT at either end (at higher-yet infrastructure costs?)
Engineered by architecture students.
What could go wrong?
The asthetic trumps the laws of Economics and Physics.
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Victrola1It sounds too good to be true...
PLAYA VISTA (CBSLA.com) — It takes about six hours to drive from Los Angeles to San Francisco – depending on your speed – and more than an hour to fly.
But in the future, the trip may take a matter of minutes.
Designers of the speed tube called Hyperloop say they are one step closer to making that happen.
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/12/17/la-to-san-fran-in-5-minutes-hyperloop-ceo-says-speed-tube-could-become-reality/
Surface, but no mention of flange on rail. Controlled nuclear fusion not mentioned. Solar powered.
It sounds too good to be true.
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