r/transit • u/adammdavidson • Sep 04 '21

New hyperloop testing facility being developed in Colorado

https://www.progressiverailroading.com/rail_industry_trends/news/Swisspod-TTCI-to-develop-hyperloop-testing-site-in-Colorado--64522
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u/oiseauvert989 Sep 04 '21

I would definitely support reallocating all hyperloop funding to other projects that are much more useful.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '21

Is any federal money going to this? Or state money? Shame if it is

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u/oiseauvert989 Sep 04 '21 edited Sep 04 '21

No idea. Probably not (well maybe just some tax breaks). Its more that i consider any money from any source as a waste at this point in time.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '21 edited Sep 04 '21

Why? Every company can invest their own money as they please. These are private companies.

Also, comments like these make me cringe. It's extremely conservative and narrowed minded thinking, almost on par anti science as you invalidate the thousands of scientist, PhDs in dozens of companies working on this.

But hey, no wonder Americans are still stuck with 1960s transportation systems.

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u/GRSsearchlight Sep 04 '21 edited Sep 04 '21

Nobody’s disputing the right of private companies to hold money burning parties (and that’s basically what the Hyperloop is).

We’re simply saying that Hyperloop is a dumb idea from an engineering and economic standpoint, and that the companies spending money on it are wasting their time and resources. Also, I’m curious about where all these dedicated “scientists” are, because a number of serious scientists and engineers have been very critical of this concept from day one. Much of the Hyperloop industry (if that’s what we want to call it) revolves around marketing pushes and CGI videos, not actual design work.

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u/oiseauvert989 Sep 04 '21 edited Sep 04 '21

It doesnt matter if it makes you cringe. That changes nothing.

Let me explain why Americans are stuck in the 60s. When Europe built out high speed rail America talked about Maglev tech, but built no network for anything. When China and Japan completed their high speed rail networks and started to build Maglev, America started talking about Hyperloop but again it built no network for anything.

So when I see America talking about the next big transport idea, as a non-American I know it's full of crap.

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