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Being cynical: promoting a futuristic tech to block the development of the proposed high speed rail.
by dasloop 13y ago
Being cynical: promoting a futuristic tech to block the development of the proposed high speed rail.
- jlgreco 13y agoThere are certainly less round-about ways of doing that than getting HN excited by dropping vague hints about a future project every few months.
- hankcharles 13y agomore than likely a big part of his motivation, but considering how bad an investment the current plan is, it is very prudent.
- omni 13y agoIf you have any evidence that Elon Musk of all people is deserving of such cynicism, I genuinely would like to see it.
- dasloop 13y agoI was cynical in a general way. A no sense without any evidence. Apologies for that.
- drgath 13y agoConsidering most voters (57%) disapprove of the high-speed rail project, it sounds like he'd be doing Californians a favor. http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/transportation-nation/2013/mar/28/poll-fewer-than-half-of-californians-support-high-speed-rail/ http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/transportation-nation/2013/mar/28/...
- schiffern 13y agoThe idea for the Hyperloop grew out of the terrible (slowest and most expensive per mile) CA HSR, so yeah.