Comment on Hyperloop One to Shut Down After Failing to Reinvent Transit

• june@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yea, it wasn’t an ocean of stupid so much as Elon dangling the idea of a better alternative like the esca of an angler fish with the intention to gobble up the plans for the train project.

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  • Telstarado@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    A) I applaud you for your masterful continuation of the pelagic theme of this discussion about Elon porpoisely allowing this project to flounder into Davy Jone’s Locker.

    B) TIL that am anglerfish lure is called an esca and that a sufficiently literate person can seamlessly weave such an unusual word into this net of fishy discourse… Bravo!

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    • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Never be surprised at what you may catch sight of in the ocean that is called The Internet

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  • macrocephalic@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s not even like trains are his white whale, he’s just trying to break any alternative to cars before they can catch on

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    • starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      He’s trying to break any alternative to cars faster than his own cars break

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  • kameecoding@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “Better” he hyped up a stupid economically non viable shit so his car company can stay relevant

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    • QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      /c/woosh

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• rwhitisissle@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This isn’t Elon’s hyperloop. It’s a company called Hyperloop One, predominately funded by Richard Branson.

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  • kameecoding@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Distinction without a difference

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• NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This gets misquoted all the time.

  The purpose wasn’t to delay the high speed rail, in favor of the hyperloop.

  It was to delay/stop the high speed rail for something better as he didn’t think the existing plan was high speed enough or would be cost effective and on time. Faster high speed trains were already being built and with all the delays this would (and has) faced, it’d be even further back by the time it was finished.

  The difference there is pretty important, unless you fall into the conspiracy camp of the intent was to delay it so he could sell more cars and he actually doesn’t want anything made.

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  • dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Just because his lie was technically a slightly different one makes no matter, it was still a lie and it was still stupid that all those government regulators and legislators fell for it.

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    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s only a lie if you think his goal was to sell more cars.

      Maybe it was or wasn’t.

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      • dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        And you think Elon Musk, the man who owns a car making company, wasn’t trying to sell more cars?

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