How do you feel about the hyperloop?

[ManaMinori 4,145]

This project that is underway that would transport people in vacuum sealed pods to shoot you from L.A to San Fransisco at speeds faster than a passenger plane. How do people feel about this? I saw it as an accident waiting to happen, and likely extremely costly for people, if it's  completed.

[GrimGrimoire 4,973]

So like the transport tubes seen in Futurama? I can't imagine we will be seeing them anytime soon just because of all the design, construction and testing that will have to go into them. It takes them years just to add a section of freeway these days it seems not to mention the crumbling infrastructure in many cities that needs updating and replacement. As much as I would love to see all the sci-fi stuff coming to us, I think we need to repair and renovate what we have before tossing even more ideas on top of it.

 

 

However, once and if they get all the bugs worked out I think it is fine. Hell, what about all the flying cars, light rails and what not they have been promising to fill the cities with?

[Anneal 2,197]

I don't think it's necessary. California, namely the Bay Area, are already coming up with faster rail systems of their own, and while people would like faster travel, the hyperloop only cuts some minutes of time at best. In the future, the distance between workplace and home would be shorter and shorter, sometimes even in their own homes, anyway.

[I used to be a stranger 7,993]

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[EpicEnergy 23,218]

Sounds like a human railgun, 100% success rate of hitting the target and 0% survival rate.

[Snow 7,022]

And its Youtuber Adam Something with the steel chair!

I see merit in the idea, but not much feasibility, I'm sure the cost to build would be huge, the cost to run would be huge.. and the continuances of an accident will probably also be huge 

[Dreambiscuit 9,691]

I’m all for anything innovative and this sounds like it could be a good thing if perfected. The main problem is that whenever something like this comes along and promises to bring greater convenience and cost-effective travel, it’s usually the opposite. People love to smother everything in red tape; either to protect their own interests (but not the customers) and instead of making it cost effective it usually costs more than existing modes of transport. Look at wind farms and solar power as examples. Both are supposed to rely on nature to create free energy and reduce costs to consumers. But instead the costs are so high to install these systems that it defeats the purpose of having them to begin with. If greed is going to cancel the benefits of innovation there’s no point in wasting the time and resources.

On the other hand, if costs could be kept to a realistic limit, it would be a cool way to relieve traffic congestion and make travel more efficient. And yes, accidents and problems are a fact of life in every aspect of existence, especially with new inventions, but you can’t stop innovating because of what ‘might’ happen. The world is stagnant enough without obsessing over the ‘what if’s. If red tape doesn’t smother the project before fruition I’d be willing to try it.