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07-07-2015 - 19:32
BOB2
Chuckle....hell!
I'm actually laughing my ass off........!
Mark Pisano, of SCAG, was one of the most charming and even charismatic, but certifiably delusional people, I've ever met.
The plan
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07-05-2015 - 20:33
mook
That sounds like a commute it would be worth working in a bank to do!
In a way, it sounds similar to the Golden Gate ferry between SF and Marin. If they still work the way they did when I lived in
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07-05-2015 - 11:38
synonymouse
I made a similar argument about electric remote controlled cars on the high speed rail blog site a while back to howls of derision. Basically the aging Jerry Brown is oblivious that his calls for gen
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07-05-2015 - 10:43
Al Stangenberger
Not the same technology as the hyperloop, but still a scary situation:
Fire on Japan's bullet train
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07-05-2015 - 09:37
BOB2
Max,
No direct government money, yet....that I know of, except maybe Research and Development tax credits, available to all firms.
This concept for a "revolutionary" new transport systems has
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07-05-2015 - 09:33
mook
> ... government money?
Interesting question. Supposedly hyperloop is all "private enterprise" so far. But everything else Musk has done and is doing has LOTS of government support - directly (like
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07-05-2015 - 08:22
BOB2
I am still waiting for Musk and his folks to invent the nuclear powered laser tunnel boring machine that is going the make this so cheap.......? Any progress on that, yet?
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07-04-2015 - 18:01
Lenzo
Maybe you can get out and push it to some place you can call a taxi if it stalls.
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07-03-2015 - 13:33
Railpax71
Interesting read. The capsule stranded in tube scenario needs development!
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07-03-2015 - 06:34
TOW HAW
Hope it'll be more reliable then the last few Falcon 9 Launches/Landings!
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07-02-2015 - 21:07
mook
If you haven't seen it, here's the SpaceX manifesto regarding the hyperloop. Whatever you think about it, they at least have tried to think about it. Wonder how much they spent on it - pretty detailed
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06-15-2015 - 14:32
Pdxrailtransit
Yeah, but it would be equally skewed if it were a Wyoming paper.
http://www.quora.com/How-much-of-Hyperloop-is-bullshit
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06-15-2015 - 13:21
Bruce Kelly
Note the poll is by a news outlet from a very passenger rail/transit-minded area.
Meanwhile, on the opposite coast, that smart guy with all the money is ratcheting up his "rail" project a step furt
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06-04-2015 - 16:45
mook
There are lots of potential issues with HL. Some were mentioned above. But they're engineering not concept. If you spend enough money they can be dealt with. But it won't be a short-stop Amtrak servic
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06-04-2015 - 11:11
synonymouse
PB is Parsons Brinkerhoff et al.
Lead is appropriate.
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06-04-2015 - 10:21
Periodic Table
Pdxrailtransit Wrote:
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> Ok, so talking about cryptic, who is PB?
Pb would be lead.
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06-04-2015 - 10:02
T. R. Doubleyou
If man was meant to HyperLoop he'd be born with air bags and ferrite shielding.
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06-04-2015 - 07:38
Taxpayer
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ethansiegel/2015/06/03/the-voyage-no-one-wants-to-take-why-the-hyperloop-is-a-catastrophe-waiting-to-happen/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+forbes
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05-15-2015 - 14:06
BOB2
Who was that dufus, who claimed to be a RR Engineer, that appeared this morning on CNN claiming to Brooke Baldwin that the 1948 24L braking system, in some ancient diesel he was in, with the old style
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05-15-2015 - 13:30
Taxpayer
http://finance.yahoo.com/video/hyperloop-ceo-train-industry-dinosaur-200551664.html
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12-19-2014 - 17:51
BOB2
Elon Musk has "no involvement" in the project.......?
Hyperlink article.....
Amtrak only 3-4 hours LA-SFO-????
Only 10 years until Hyperlink.......?
Crowdfunding?
Wow! I can't w
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12-18-2014 - 10:13
pdxrailtransit
Just as long as the end of the.hyperloop goes up Elon Musk's rectum!)
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12-18-2014 - 09:27
Zippy the wonder slug
LA To San Fran In 30 Minutes? Hyperloop CEO Says Speed Tube Could Become Reality
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/12/17/la-to-san-fran-in-5-minutes-hyperloop-ceo-says-speed-tube-could-become-rea
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