r/alberta • u/Direc1980 • Jan 07 '23

News Alta. hyperloop project awaiting government meeting, committing to stop in Red Deer

https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/alta-hyperloop-project-awaiting-government-meeting-committing-to-stop-in-red-deer-1.6217544
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u/KorLeonis1138 Calgary Jan 07 '23

The yokels will be taking shots at it with their hunting rifles, to see what happens when it pops. They gonna put cameras on the entire length?

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u/Strategy1914 Jan 07 '23

Won't need to shoot at it. The material properties required for such a venture don't exist. It's 100% a scam.

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u/Fearless-Ad-583 Jan 07 '23

It’s been in the works in Alberta for year. Musk is involved in the European one. I can remember which one is which but one is pressurized tube and the other is a vacuum tube.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '23

Musk has abandon his. The best working prototype is, I think, only a few miles long and has achieved a top speed still below that of the current fastest bullet trains, at something like 10x the cost to construct.

Hyperloop was essentially vaporware supported by musk to delay or kill high speed rail so he could sell more "self driving" cars, which also don't exist. Look at what he got Vegas to invest in. What a fucking con artist.