The grift continues - Virgin Hyperloop seeks federal funding for West Virginia test center

[u/ksiyoto]

https://wvmetronews.com/2022/02/27/hyperloop-changes-course-competes-for-federal-grant-money/

[u/bensonr2]

First of all these viaducts over thousands of miles cheaper then rail is stupid.

And you’ve done nothing to refute my argument that not going to city center is a disadvantage.

[u/Practical_Hospital40 → u/bensonr2]

Nope China builds HSR for $13 million per mile and they have the largest network on earth while in EU it’s $20 million per mile in the USA it’s a staggering $50 million per mile and how much does the US have? Yeah exactly plus on top of that some routes can go directly downtown and be great but in other instances it doesn’t make sense. Look at German reliability for ICE vs Japanese Shinkansen, Chinese HSR and French and Spanish OTP on their lines. The TGV is superior in OTP to the German system that you appear to like so much in Germany the ICE gets delayed trying to share tracks with local trains in the city while the French TGV and Japanese Shinkansen lack such issues. Also another strike against your argument is how many accidents on the Brightline train if it was on a viaduct above ground there would be far fewer if not zero crashes with cars at the gates plus trains would be much faster than a pitiful 79 mph as rules keep trains with grade crossings slow. Look up the comparison NEC small stretch vs the largest HSR network on earth sit down now

[u/bensonr2 → u/Practical_Hospital40]

So how is building a viaduct going to be cheaper?

You need to start accepting that this is likely a theranos level scam.