Misc So, Hyperloop...

[DaGaffer]

...Genius idea or load of old bollocks? Discuss...

 

[old.Tohtori]

What's a hyperloop?

 

[Gwadien]

Dunno, but the idea of having a safe way of paying for stuff online seems pretty outrageous, as does a company that solely creates electric cars, as does a company that manufactures space rocket parts...

I think this fella is the future.

 

[Moriath]

Something like a mass transit system that goes really fast between SF and LA from what i have seen.

In the earth quake capital of the western world .. hmm im not to sure. I dont like the idea of the BART going under the bay there let along something longer.

 

[Raven]

Firing hipsters through a tube at mach 1. The only problem I see is that the tube doesn't end suddenly somewhere random.

 

[Hawkwind]

The thought of travelling in a small tube at 780 mph sounds quite fun, would be great if they could make is see through.

 

[caLLous]

Genius idea if they can pull it off. He's dead right about regression of technology as well, it's a bit pants that Concorde went and we still don't have anything supersonic to replace it.

 

[DaGaffer]

Personally I think its an intriguing idea, but California is pretty much the last place on Earth you'd build it. I also think the biggest issue with building it isn't the actual construction, it will be the maintenance.

 

[Chilly]

Genius idea if they can pull it off. He's dead right about regression of technology as well, it's a bit pants that Concorde went and we still don't have anything supersonic to replace it.

Fuel prices and greenpeace cunts moaning about noise/pollution. Simple as.

 

[Chilly]

I think the hyperloop is an awesome idea. However, the reliability has to be absolutely tip top as the next best alternative takes WAY longer. so you wont be half an hour late for work if the loop is down, you'll arrive after it finishes.

 

[Tom]

The thought of travelling in a small tube at 780 mph sounds quite fun, would be great if they could make is see through.

That's what I was thinking nine months before my birth.

 

[rynnor]

Personally I think its an intriguing idea, but California is pretty much the last place on Earth you'd build it. I also think the biggest issue with building it isn't the actual construction, it will be the maintenance.

Yes - earthquakes damaging the tube your transiting or simply cutting the power to the magnets that stop capsules ploughing into the walls of the tube.

Isn't this just a Japanese bullet train in a near vacuumn tube though?

 

[Chilly]

Yes - earthquakes damaging the tube your transiting or simply cutting the power to the magnets that stop capsules ploughing into the walls of the tube.

Isn't this just a Japanese bullet train in a near vacuumn tube though?

No, it's more like a vacuum tube system (http://www.lamson.com.au/new/?page_id=24) on an industrial scale for people and cars.

 

[rynnor]

Ah - here we are - maglev in a vacuum tube.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_tube_train

Edit - Theoretical speeds 4-5000 mph - mmmm

 

[old.Tohtori]

Ah ok, i say good. Sure there's potential for disaster, butif we used that as an excuse then we'd advance nowhere.

Bad things also make things advance, such as wars and disasters progressing tech.

 

[DaGaffer]

I think the hyperloop is an awesome idea. However, the reliability has to be absolutely tip top as the next best alternative takes WAY longer. so you wont be half an hour late for work if the loop is down, you'll arrive after it finishes.

This is what I was getting at re: maintenance. Personally I reckon you'd probably need 3 loops to give it the resilience you'd need.

Ah - here we are - maglev in a vacuum tube.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_tube_train

Edit - Theoretical speeds 4-5000 mph - mmmm

Apparently he's not talking about a vacuum - too hard - rather a reduced air pressure environment that's just enough to fend off the speed of sound, which is kind of elegant.

 

[Chilly]

This is what I was getting at re: maintenance. Personally I reckon you'd probably need 3 loops to give it the resilience you'd need.



Apparently he's not talking about a vacuum - too hard - rather a reduced air pressure environment that's just enough to fend off the speed of sound, which is kind of elegant.

Maintaining a hard vacuum in such a large volume would be pretty much impossible. You'd consume insane amounts of power trying to keep up with the 500,000,000 leaks.

 

[BloodOmen]

Just sounds like a bullet train stuffed in a smarties tube to me, and its boggling why no one else has tried it yet.. clearly there are some issues which arent worth risking human life over or i'm sure either the Japanese or other sources in the USA would have already made it by now. Sounds great on paper but then again so does a hover car or a skateboard that can float.

 

[Scouse]

That's what I was thinking nine months before my birth.

You wanted your dad to have a see-through cock? What, so you could see the inside of your mum's minge better??!

 

[rynnor]

Apparently he's not talking about a vacuum - too hard - rather a reduced air pressure environment that's just enough to fend off the speed of sound, which is kind of elegant.

That was mentioned in the wiki page I posted 'However, without major advances in tunnelling and other technology, vactrains would be prohibitively expensive. Alternatives such as elevated concrete tubes with partial vacuums have been proposed to reduce costs

 

[Scouse]

Alternatives such as elevated concrete tubes with partial vacuums

You mean this sort of nut-job whackerey?


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gKX9TWRyfs



To be fair, a lot of the original zeitgeist was bob-on tbfh. Especially the religion and economics bits. But overland vacuum tube trains are heavily featured in this whacky second