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Comment by throwaway2016a

9 years ago

When I heard about Boring Company I kind of just assumed it would be used for underground hyper loops. This feels kind of wrong.

Actually I believe part of the thinking behind this is that hyperloops underground would be easier to route and maintain especially under cities.

AFAICT nobody is planning to build hyperloops. They are building evacuated tunnels and calling them hyperloops.

Hyperloop at least has the right idea: Building above-ground is vastly less expensive than tunnelling.

  • My thought process was...

    Hyperloops are round + tunnels are round = Boring Company

    Putting cars through the tunnels is not what I first expected.