Elon said himself that he did it to kill HSR lmao
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hesusingthespiritbomb@lemmy.world 9 months ago
To everyone implying that Elon leveraged the concept of hyperloop to kill high speed rail in California:
California killed high speed rail in California. The project is like 3x over budget with no real end in sight. If Elon dedicated his entire net worth in 2013 to the project it would still be over budget.
lukewarmtuna@lemmy.world 9 months ago
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 9 months ago
He did it to kill that specific plan.
He wanted something better.
You can either take him at his word, or fall into the conspiracy camp of selling more cars, but thats the 2 options you get.
hesusingthespiritbomb@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Okay but Elon also makes crazy grandiose statements on a daily basis.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 9 months ago
No, he legitimately didn’t want that specific HSR plan to happen and wanted to get it stopped.
He thought it was going to be to expensive, slow and already be outdated by the time it was finally built.
There are already faster trains being built today.
Most people turn that into he is 100% against high speed rail and make it a conspiracy about wanting to sell more cars.
We won’t ever know the truth.
Not_mikey@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Hsr isn’t dead, it’s still being actively built, employing thousands of people, still has broad public support and just got a shit ton of funding from the feds. It’s over budget and delayed yes but so was the original shinkansen because bootstrapping that kind of project and industrial knowledge is hard.
hesusingthespiritbomb@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I would absolutely love for this to be true, but I don’t really have faith in a project that has had so many issues. I think there will end up being more cost overruns, more finger pointing, and more failures. I half expect Brightline to both start and finish their LA to Vegas rail before this project comes to its final conclusion.
Not_mikey@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Oh definitely, I don’t see it getting to SF before the bright line opens and I don’t see it getting to la in the next decade. But the bright line is using tried and tested technology and methods in a significantly less populated area, while hsr is building from scratch through the heartland of California.
It’ll take a long time but it will eventually get done, because there is still a will, not a strong one, to get it done. Most Californians recognize the immense value it will bring and will keep pushing for it.
Not_mikey@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Oh definitely, I don’t see it getting to SF before the bright line opens and I don’t see it getting to la in the next decade. But the bright line is using tried and tested technology and methods, while hsr is building from scratch.
It’ll take a long time but it will eventually get done, because there is still a will, not a strong one, to get it done. Most Californians recognize the immense value it will bring and will keep pushing for it.