The Hyperloop was never meant to be built. Elon Musk admitted it was all about fueling opposition to California’s high-speed rail project so it would get canceled.
The Hyperloop was never meant to be built. Elon Musk admitted it was all about fueling opposition to California’s high-speed rail project so it would get canceled.
Because “without a shred of ethics” describes most politicians too.
Most of the “work” of politics, at least once one is in office, is figuring out ways to justify doing whatever it is that one has been bribed to do.
So in this particular case, some number of politicians wre bribed to kill the high-speed rail project, so they needed some excuse to do it, then the hyperloop came along and gave them one.
It didn’t need to be compelling or even reasonable - it just needed to be sufficient. And it was.