YoloinOhio Posted July 21, 2017 Posted July 21, 2017 (edited) http://nbc4i.co/2tiLAyr Columbus to Chicago in 29 minutes is a finalist. Elon Musk just announced he got verbal approval for NY to DC route with a hyerloop from NY-Phil-baltimore-DC. For Ohio, I think it could impact farmers giving up acres of land but on the other hand, i think CBus is perfect for a hub given it is centrally located to many cities. Edited July 21, 2017 by YoloinOhio
BUFFALOKIE Posted July 21, 2017 Posted July 21, 2017 Never tried them. Fruit loops are awesome though.
boyst Posted July 21, 2017 Posted July 21, 2017 i don't know much about it. but the g-forces, curious on all that
Chef Jim Posted July 21, 2017 Posted July 21, 2017 I used to live not far from the Tesla factory in NorCal and this has been in the news for awhile up there. Dude is into so much **** between this, space travel and electric and self driving cars. It's pretty amazing.
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 21, 2017 Posted July 21, 2017 Wow! Now we will really get into regional arguments if somebody can commute from New England to some other part of the country lickity split. Just think of that bruuuutal accent polluting the rest of the country. Can we seal off New England?
Nanker Posted July 21, 2017 Posted July 21, 2017 They had the language first, Eric. The rest of the country !@#$ed it up.
plenzmd1 Posted July 21, 2017 Posted July 21, 2017 think it aint happening anytime in our lifetime...unless i be missing something, who be paying to build the tunnel?
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted July 21, 2017 Posted July 21, 2017 http://nbc4i.co/2tiLAyr Columbus to Chicago in 29 minutes is a finalist. Elon Musk just announced he got verbal approval for NY to DC route with a hyerloop from NY-Phil-baltimore-DC. For Ohio, I think it could impact farmers giving up acres of land but on the other hand, i think CBus is perfect for a hub given it is centrally located to many cities. I think it'll be an amazing idea...if it happens.
PromoTheRobot Posted July 21, 2017 Posted July 21, 2017 What do I think? It's pretty ambitious. On the one side Musk seems like a modern day Tesla (Edison was a fraud) with his revolutionary improvements in everything from rocketry to boring tunnels. On the other hand a Hyperloop can be destroyed by even the the slightest flaw in the tube. And as we all know Mother Earth can shift around.
SoTier Posted July 21, 2017 Posted July 21, 2017 think it aint happening anytime in our lifetime...unless i be missing something, who be paying to build the tunnel? I think that you are seriously under-estimating the speed at which technology moves. It's unlikely to happen in the next decade, but it might very well happen before 2040. Consider that the first manned flight in an airplane, the Wright Brothers' 1903 Kitty Hawk flight, occurred in 1903, and that within twenty years, airplanes were already in use by the military and for carrying mail. In 1927, Charles Lindberg fly non-stop across the Atlantic, and within 30 years, the Soviets launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite. Within less than 12 years of that, Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. The technology for powering hyperloops already exists. Tunnel building technology has largely been perfected ... nobody thought the Chunnel (Channel Tunnel under the English Channel) was possible when it was proposed because building a tunnel under water is much more difficult than building under ground but it's been open since 1994. What will hold it up is acquiring the land (or rights of way) and legal challenges.
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted July 21, 2017 Posted July 21, 2017 I think that you are seriously under-estimating the speed at which technology moves. It's unlikely to happen in the next decade, but it might very well happen before 2040. Consider that the first manned flight in an airplane, the Wright Brothers' 1903 Kitty Hawk flight, occurred in 1903, and that within twenty years, airplanes were already in use by the military and for carrying mail. In 1927, Charles Lindberg fly non-stop across the Atlantic, and within 30 years, the Soviets launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite. Within less than 12 years of that, Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. The technology for powering hyperloops already exists. Tunnel building technology has largely been perfected ... nobody thought the Chunnel (Channel Tunnel under the English Channel) was possible when it was proposed because building a tunnel under water is much more difficult than building under ground but it's been open since 1994. What will hold it up is acquiring the land (or rights of way) and legal challenges. Do you really need rights of way when you're burrowing UNDER things?
Marv's Neighbor Posted July 21, 2017 Posted July 21, 2017 Show me the money! Is it his or is it the taxpayers again.
Augie Posted July 21, 2017 Posted July 21, 2017 I think that you are seriously under-estimating the speed at which technology moves. It's unlikely to happen in the next decade, but it might very well happen before 2040. Consider that the first manned flight in an airplane, the Wright Brothers' 1903 Kitty Hawk flight, occurred in 1903, and that within twenty years, airplanes were already in use by the military and for carrying mail. In 1927, Charles Lindberg fly non-stop across the Atlantic, and within 30 years, the Soviets launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite. Within less than 12 years of that, Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. The technology for powering hyperloops already exists. Tunnel building technology has largely been perfected ... nobody thought the Chunnel (Channel Tunnel under the English Channel) was possible when it was proposed because building a tunnel under water is much more difficult than building under ground but it's been open since 1994. What will hold it up is acquiring the land (or rights of way) and legal challenges. I can't even imagine what will come to be in my kids and grandson's lifetimes. The rate of advancement in technology is astounding.
eball Posted July 21, 2017 Posted July 21, 2017 i don't know much about it. but the g-forces, curious on all that From the article: Hyperloop uses magnetic levitation allowing you to glide at airplane speed in pods moving through tunnels above or below ground
SoTier Posted July 21, 2017 Posted July 21, 2017 I can't even imagine what will come to be in my kids and grandson's lifetimes. The rate of advancement in technology is astounding. Most 2017 HS grads will retire from jobs/careers in fields that don't exist -- and probably aren't even thought of -- today. Think of how cell phones have changed since the 1990s when they were big, clunky "car phones". Think how much more sophisticated cell phones have become in just the last five years -- and all the people who work designing/creating/supporting them. Do you really need rights of way when you're burrowing UNDER things? Yes. If the gas company wants to run a gas line across your property, they have to get an easement.
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 21, 2017 Posted July 21, 2017 They had the language first, Eric. The rest of the country !@#$ed it up. He he... I am pretty sure they landed in Jamestown first. They don't talk like that down there. ;-)
mead107 Posted July 21, 2017 Posted July 21, 2017 Just think of the jobs that will be created with meadcoin. Might have tons of jobs with Mead's senior male strippers.
ocemur Posted July 21, 2017 Posted July 21, 2017 The two technological problems I see are maintaining a vacuum in a tunnel hundreds of miles long. As someone mentioned earlier, the Earth shifts, not to mention nefarious actors. The second is maintaining the interior completely free of debris. The thing is supposed to get up to 700 mph. At that speed, anything can create a catastrophic failure. I don't know what to think of Elon Musk. He's putting together these big, game changing companies, but at the same time, those companies are heavily dependent on subsidies. I can't tell if he's the next Henry Ford who is going to leave a company and industry that lasts for a century, or if the whole thing is a house of cards.
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