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The Hyperloop was always a scam (www.disconnect.blog)
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It's time to be honest about Musk's vacuum tube to nowhere

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[–] blazera@kbin.social -3 points 11 months ago

Yes, acceleration is a thing, but trains a)reach a top speed and spend a lot of fuel maintaining it, and b)reaches much, much lower top speeds, with any effort to increase it requiring exponentially more fuel to reach and maintain. Air resistance is an absurdly important factor to travel efficiency.