Hyperloop in 2023: Where Are They Now?
Hyperloop in 2023: Where Are They Now?
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Hyperloop tubes are now used as spaghetti storages?
(I didn't watch the video, just looked at the thumbnail)
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Least insane use case I've heard of yet
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Well, how else did you think we were going to feed King Kong so he can protect us from Kaijus?
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Ok so this video convinced me hyperloops are a bad idea because vacuum is difficult to maintain
well then what’s a good idea that can go faster than airplanes? What am I supposed to be excited about instead? I love trains and the hyper loop sounded like a really fast train, which is cool.
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Maglev, they hold the current rail speed record with 603 km/h: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_speed_record
By comparison the cruising speed of a current airliner is ~900 km/h
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The actual speed that matters should be calculated including any on- and off-boarding, so planes aren't all that fast for short distances (considering most people probably need at least an hour before flight in the airport and at least like 20 minutes after arrival).
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Maglev is expensive both to build (because you need magnetized rails) and to operate (uses more energy overall than a shinkansen).
There is a reason why Japan built a prototype decades ago but never built a commercial line.
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Wasn't the hyperloop just a vacuum tube for cars? As in, it would have the same density issues that cars do, it's just faster.
The better option is ultra high speed trains, like the bullet train in Japan.
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It's just a propulsion/transportation system, so the size of each car is not defined. Like a bus and a personal car use the same system...
Maybe you think about his boring tunnels which are just normal tunnels for normal cars: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas_Convention_Center_Loop
For hyperloop only prototypes were built, not for real usage. Considering the price of maintenance and construction of the vacuum tunnels, bigger cars will be used in normal operation. It's also a separate system from any other current transport method, so there is no benefit of smaller cars, maybe something like a RORO system https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roll-on/roll-off
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Ideally with the ability to transport cars and lorrys like LeShuttle.
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Faster than current planes? Past planes that have been retired because they weren't as efficient
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You can check the brief story of the Concorde.
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So there is still time to get in at the ground floor.
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