Elon Musk’s Tunnel Plan Isn’t as Crazy as SpaceX or Tesla • Hacker News Board

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Post by tyingq » Tue, Jul 25, 2017, 4:18 PM UTC

pavel_lishin wrote: post #7

samstave wrote: post #2

Elon should use the nuclear powered tunnel boring machines patented in the 60s to dril and melt rock-wall tunnels for the hyperloop.

I have a feeling residents would throw a complete shit-fit if someone proposed something like that. At best, you'd have clickbait headlines like "MUSK PROPOSES NUKING HIS WAY THROUGH YOUR BASEMENT".

NUMBY?

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Post by d_somewhere » Tue, Jul 25, 2017, 4:19 PM UTC

sschueller wrote: post #3

Many US cities need to solve their short distance public transportation problem first. I don't see how adding another long distance transport solves anything. How does this help people stuck in LA traffic all day?

> If Musk could translate underground the approach he brought to reusable rockets, Flyvberg said, he could drastically reduce the price of a given dig.

The article mentions that the cost of digs are prohibitively expensive. Reducing costs could help LA and the people stuck in traffic all day.

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Post by robertfw » Tue, Jul 25, 2017, 4:19 PM UTC

apsec112 wrote: post #9

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The Boring Company has nothing to do with Vactrains

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Post by olegkikin » Tue, Jul 25, 2017, 4:19 PM UTC

apsec112 wrote: post #9

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You are confusing the vactrain (hyperloop) project with the underground tunnel car-on-sled project. They are separate things.

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Post by oceanswave » Tue, Jul 25, 2017, 4:21 PM UTC

tyingq wrote: post #5

The headline seems to be focused just on the drilling/tunnel part. Whether a hyperloop is as crazy as SpaceX or Tesla doesn't seem to be covered.

Creating tunnels in an efficient manner is orthogonal to concepts such as hyperloop

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Post by kin » Tue, Jul 25, 2017, 4:21 PM UTC

tyingq wrote: post #5

The headline seems to be focused just on the drilling/tunnel part. Whether a hyperloop is as crazy as SpaceX or Tesla doesn't seem to be covered.

This isn't a hyperloop. It's just a new alternative transit system to bypass LA traffic

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Post by b_ttercup » Tue, Jul 25, 2017, 4:22 PM UTC

tyingq wrote: post #5

The headline seems to be focused just on the drilling/tunnel part. Whether a hyperloop is as crazy as SpaceX or Tesla doesn't seem to be covered.

I recall reading the plan was to make electric sleds for cars (vaguely akin to car wash tracks) rather than hyper loops.

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Post by LurkingPresence » Tue, Jul 25, 2017, 4:22 PM UTC

Wouldn't it be smarter to start with a smaller project? Like maybe do the Chicago airport project before tearing up the east coast for a super tunnel. That seemed to work for Space X (start small, iterate).

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Post by skykooler » Tue, Jul 25, 2017, 4:22 PM UTC

kin wrote: post #16

tyingq wrote: post #5

The headline seems to be focused just on the drilling/tunnel part. Whether a hyperloop is as crazy as SpaceX or Tesla doesn't seem to be covered.

This isn't a hyperloop. It's just a new alternative transit system to bypass LA traffic

Bypassing LA traffic by going from New York to Washington D.C.

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Post by oceanswave » Tue, Jul 25, 2017, 4:23 PM UTC

sschueller wrote: post #3

Many US cities need to solve their short distance public transportation problem first. I don't see how adding another long distance transport solves anything. How does this help people stuck in LA traffic all day?

Odd response given the first application of their tunnel tech is to build a tunnel under the road between spacex and the parking garage.

Not sure if that's short distance enough but it seems like it