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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  2948 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hyperloop Competition

High speed rail is what he's emulating. That's exactly what he's going for. So I repeat - Elon Musk has never expressed the slightest interest in high speed rail. He's a space guy, through and through, who ventured into electric cars because he saw a place to disintermediate. He's a space guy, through and through, who ventured into solar power because he saw a need for low-cost green power. Besides which, what part of point-to-point travel is a "loop?" You're going to go LA to SF... and back on the same trip?