• FirmDistribution@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      Hyper Loop was an insane idea (in a bad way).

      Motherfucker wanted to invent subway, but for cars, making cities even more dependent of cars.

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        6 hours ago

        hyperloop was very low air pressure subway tubes for high speed trains. Works for research tesring tracks impractical to infeasible for real world applications. But it apparently what killed high speed rail in california (because wait this will be better)

        The cars in tubes thing was a seperate stupid idea.

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        I don’t know that he really wanted to fully execute on Hyperloop so much as build hype (and Tesla stock price) around the idea while sabotaging funding for California’s high speed rail project. But yes, end goal to keep people buying his cars.

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      Cold fusion is a scam, not a bad idea. There is no scientific basis for that. Is as bad as “infinite energy engine”.

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          Green hydrogen is water electrolysis with solar power, not scam, it works, it is just a question of making it economically viable. Hyperloop is just stupid, but within the realm of possible. Cold fusion is the only scam here.