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Hyperloop One to Shut Down After Failing to Reinvent Transit (www.bloomberg.com)
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Hyperloop One to Shut Down After Failing to Reinvent Transit::The company is selling assets, laying off remaining employees.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Plus you would have to armor the whole thing and spend a bunch on security because one guy with a .50 rifle or some explosives could destroy a whole section and close the whole thing by punching one hole in it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Haha, yeah. Remember the chaos when militia guys started shooting at transformers in substations? Every hick with a gun would be shooting at it just to shut it down.