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The Boring Company [video]

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Re: The Boring Company [video]

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Post by AlexandrB »

I don't get it. Much of the USA is faced with crumbling infrastructure and a lack of money for maintaining that infrastructure. How is creating a network of powered tunnels - which are much more expensive to maintain than surface roads - going to interact with this economic reality?

This seems like technology that addresses mostly fun, theoretical problems - like traffic optimization, not ugly, practical ones like tight municipal budgets and urban sprawl.

Re: The Boring Company [video]

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Post by devopsproject »

AlexandrB wrote: post #2

I don't get it. Much of the USA is faced with crumbling infrastructure and a lack of money for maintaining that infrastructure. How is creating a network of powered tunnels - which are much more expensive to maintain than surface roads - going to interact with this economic reality? This seems like technology that addresses mostly fun, theoretical problems - like traffic optimization, not ugly, practical ones like ti…

municipal budget problems are only a problem for the people in office when it goes downhill.

Re: The Boring Company [video]

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Post by kiba »

AlexandrB wrote: post #2

I don't get it. Much of the USA is faced with crumbling infrastructure and a lack of money for maintaining that infrastructure. How is creating a network of powered tunnels - which are much more expensive to maintain than surface roads - going to interact with this economic reality? This seems like technology that addresses mostly fun, theoretical problems - like traffic optimization, not ugly, practical ones like ti…

Lack of money for maintenance is a problem of overextension and overconstruction. Urban sprawls result in the same thing.

Creating a powered tunnel, especially if it can be engineered to be done faster and cheaper, could result in increased urban density?

Re: The Boring Company [video]

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Post by Mattasher »

devopsproject wrote: post #6
Mattasher wrote: post #4

Giant hole opens up in street with no gate around it. Have they actually spent time thinking about this or is this a joke?

there is cool new technology called a "barrier" that could be used

Indeed. They might want to have included that in the video if they were suggesting this as an actual project and not a toy vision.
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