On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 06:43:26 +0100, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:

> 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.

It seems to have gone quiet recently, but a couple of years ago I had
rather a fake feeling about it. Not from Musk, but from the original
Hyperloop 1 crew (BamBrogan et al), who gave an excellent impression of
being much more interested in lifestyle than engineering before
disappearing and/or getting the boot in mid 2016.


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