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Re: Hyperloop -- This "emperor" has no clothes on
Author: Ba-Woosh!
Date: 05-10-2016 - 14:33
Margaret (SP fan) Wrote:
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> 1. Where will they get the electricity this silly
> project will need for its electromagnets and air-compressors and
> whatever keeps the tube at a near vacuum?
Dirty out of State coal fired power plants since California doesn't have any large power reserves with the drought cutting hydroelectric and San Onofre shut down.
> 2. How will they prevent the pods from slamming
> into the wall of the tube when -- not if, but when -- the power
> goes off?
Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers!
> 3. How will they protect the passengers during an
> earthquake --
> which will deform the tube?
Same way when a regular freight or passenger train is in a tunnel and it shifts 10 to 20 feet crushing it like a beer can (hope it doesn't happen while a train is going through)
I'll stick to conventional trains
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> 1. Where will they get the electricity this silly
> project will need for its electromagnets and air-compressors and
> whatever keeps the tube at a near vacuum?
Dirty out of State coal fired power plants since California doesn't have any large power reserves with the drought cutting hydroelectric and San Onofre shut down.
> 2. How will they prevent the pods from slamming
> into the wall of the tube when -- not if, but when -- the power
> goes off?
Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers!
> 3. How will they protect the passengers during an
> earthquake --
> which will deform the tube?
Same way when a regular freight or passenger train is in a tunnel and it shifts 10 to 20 feet crushing it like a beer can (hope it doesn't happen while a train is going through)
I'll stick to conventional trains
