On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 21:18:22 +0000 (UTC)
Martin Gregorie  wrote:

> On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 17:15:21 +0000, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>
> > On 2018-04-17, Gareth's Downstairs Computer
> >  wrote:
> >
> >> On 17/04/2018 17:17, Jan Panteltje wrote:
> >>
> >>> Trains in a vacuum tunnel over long distances do not seem a good idea
> >>> to me.
> >>
> >> Didn't work for Brunel on the South Devon Atmospheric Railway!
> >
> > I first saw the idea in a Scientific American article about 30 years
> > ago.
> >
> > But all it needs is a sufficiently persuasive politician looking to
> > build a monument to himself; that's what taxpayers are for.
> > It'll probably happen eventually.
>
> Its being tried again: think Musk and the Hyperloop.

 Without taxpayer money - and it's open season on hyperloop there
are several companies involved.

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