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A new way to travel - The Hyper Loop

I've been reading a lot about space X and Tesla lately and a proposed solution to spending 66 million on the bullet train between San Francisco and San Diago is to build a Hyper Loop. It costs 6 million to build and from what I have gathered it is a form of travel similar to the tubes you send up the pressurized pipe at the bank. I don't think I understand the physics and how it avoids a bottle neck affect. He said it should take about 30 minutes to gap the two cities and we would get rid of congestion all together.

Can anyone extrapolate or hypothesis of the new form of travel?

Topics: Aerospace Engineering Freight Transportation Public Transportation air travel city planning freeway system trave
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    Krisztián Pintér 200+

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    Feb 16 2013: how can we talk about an idea that is secret? i advise not to pay attention until we have something real

  • george lockwood 20+

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    Feb 16 2013: I assume most of the easy engineering projects have been done.

  • Mark Williams

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    Feb 16 2013: Elon Musk is the guy who has claimed he has the plan you mentioned. He has not yet given any further details. These 2 links have more interesting speculation.
    http://bentilly.blogspot.se/2012/11/speculating-about-hyperloop.html
    http://jacquesmattheij.com/elon-musk-and-the-hyperloop
    Also I think your "millions" should be "billions"... the current proposal is a $66 billion train, and Musk estimates his hyperloop costing $6 billion.
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      Tom Olson

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      Feb 16 2013: Yeah, your right it is in the billions... Elon Musk knows what he has in mind. I was asking what you think a hyper loop is? What do you want it to be?
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    Kate Blake 50+

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    Feb 16 2013: Hi again Tom, personally I prefer the port hole type travel that Harry used! Seems safer and quicker than the method you mention.

    PS If travel is that quick they won't need to stop and buy your crepes.
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      Tom Olson

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      Feb 16 2013: haha, well it will keep people in densely populated city centers, which is where I will be. :^) People still need to eat, right? They will just eat less from the golden arches and gas stations.

      I really wish it were a porthole, but I don't think he has had that big of a revelation yet.
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      Fritzie Reisner 100+

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      Feb 16 2013: Port key?
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        Kate Blake 50+

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        Feb 16 2013: Sorry Fritzie was it a port key that Harry Potter and friends travelled through? Sounds nearly as feasible as this other idea ...
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