Genius American infrastructure project - The Vegas Loop!

[StraightEdge]

I came across this bizarre and stupid and simply moronic idea of modern American infrastructure - The vegas Loop, developed by "The Boring Company" by Elon Mask.
Original information of the project from the Mask himself - LVCC — The Boring Company

In short, it's a small 1.7 mile tunnel built by spending about 48 million USD. It's a small tunnel, less than size of those usually dug for metros, just enough to pass cars. Now it's just a tunnel where a fleet of 62 Teslas drive around moving passengers at a speed of 35 miles per hr. It's essentially a very very slow, one way, one lane loop tunnel where tesla taxis ferry passengers instead of trains, metros, trams etc.,

When Elon initially hyped his project, it was something like this futuristic vision - sample:

What actually happened is bunch of teslas running around in a small tunnel, carrying 3 passengers at best, with a driver, at a very very slow speed and estimated carrying capacity of just 4400 per hour.

Some videos I found actually did a much better job of discussing this topic, I will link them here:

I consider Elon Mask to be a genius, not because he's doing something great. But because he has been able to fool the american plebs and managed to get amazing fan following and media attention and using these sheep to build his own empire.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

I came across this bizarre and stupid and simply moronic idea of modern American infrastructure - The vegas Loop, developed by "The Boring Company" by Elon Mask.
Original information of the project from the Mask himself - LVCC — The Boring Company

When Elon initially hyped his project, it was something like this futuristic vision - sample:

What actually happened is bunch of teslas running around in a small tunnel, carrying 3 passengers at best, with a driver, at a very very slow speed and estimated carrying capacity of just 4400 per hour.

Some videos I found actually did a much better job of discussing this topic, I will link them here:

I consider Elon Mask to be a genius, not because he's doing something great. But because he has been able to fool the american plebs and managed to get amazing fan following and media attention and using these sheep to build his own empire.

This has nothing to do that video. It's a simple tunnel under a convention center. If it got up to 150mph it would pass the end which is less than a mile.

Plus contrary to one of the videos Las Vegas is not a dense urban environment. People saying they should build a subway serving only 1,748 people per sq km are the same ones complaining why US cities build infrastructure they can't afford. A subway serving such a low density would never pay for itself.

Las Vegas - Wikipedia

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Population (2020)[5]
• City	641,903
• Rank	26th in the United States 1st in Nevada
• Density	4,527.46/sq mi (1,748.01/km2)