09-07-2019, 06:30 AM
(09-06-2019, 10:44 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(09-06-2019, 01:21 PM)jordan2423 Wrote: Publicity scheme by Elon Musk?
Huh?
Dubai is set to launch Hyperloop next year in 2020....lol...
Very amusing. At most they will have a test track. The idea that a new engineering technology will go from starting construction to taking passengers in less time than our perfectly routine LRT took to be constructed is absurd. There is a reason why vacuum trains haven’t gone anywhere in the over 100 years since the concept was first explored.
But that’s Dubai. The comment to which I was responding was about Ontario, where I don’t think anybody has even pretended to propose a HyperLoop system. That’s why I asked if they meant HSR, which the previous Liberal government claimed to be working on, and had actually done some study work on. Although I don’t recall hearing a specific announcement that Ford or the Conservatives had cancelled it, it’s at least reasonable to talk about them cancelling it. By contrast, as far as I know it’s impossible for Ford to cancel HyperLoop, because the Ontario government is not involved in HyperLoop.
I was not referring to Ontario at all, you said it was a publicity scheme by Elon Musk which is not true at all. And no it’s not a test track. The first phase (10km) in Dubai is estimated to be complete by next year...