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-The_Blazer- t1_j8hsz00 wrote

Reply to comment by Darkhorseman81 in 7 international companies have teamed with the EU to form the International Hyperloop Association, the industry's first trade body. by lughnasadh

> Nah. It's a glass tube with a mag Lev vehicle inside of it. > > > > Half the price of normal high speed rail

How is maglev, which is already more expensive than HSR, covered with an extremely long glass tube cheaper than HSR?

I'm fairly pro-maglev, but I don't see the point of pumping up the cost by covering it. In the urban areas where this would have some utility in shielding the populace from the 600 Km/h noise and wind you probably can't go very fast to begin with.

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