Hyperloop to Australia? Elon Musk Explains Why It's a BAD IDEA and Offers a Better Solution!

When will a hyperloop potentially be ready, and can we get to Australia? I would not recommend it for going to Australia, because Australia is really far! Where something like the hyperloop would work best is for distances that are maybe 500 miles, probably not more than 1000. And that's because if you compare to, say, alternative being supersonic air transport, in order to go really fast with a plane you have to climb pretty high because the atmosphere just looks like molasses when you're going fast. So, for distances, certainly under 500 miles, you spend all your time just ascending and descending. And you don't really get an opportunity to spend your time at cruise. However, once you get to long distances then the cost of the tube starts to become a big factor. And so, then I'd say it's probably the right move to go to supersonic transport because you're spending a large percentage of your time at cruise. And you could probably get there faster with a supersonic aircraft.

[mikoalexmiko]

Someone once stole Elons water. Never again

[OlderSoldier]

I wonder if his glass is going to break from that grip.

[nunobritoo]

I wish someday you can find someone who protects you like Elon protects his glass of water.

[patsyheart]

" If you wish to be a success in the world. Promise everything, deliver nothing." N. Bonaparte

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The optimal distance for hyperloop is zero.
Any distance above that, there is a cheaper, more efficient alternative.

[thecharredone]

I don't want a tube straight to my country it feels special that we're so hard to reach

[BeeEatingOrchid]

Moment of silence for all of those who are still waiting for the hyperloop 😞

[danspagnolo]

Trains. I believe the word he is looking trains. Fast trains.

[dhayalanr]

Oh! That's a glass of water.First I thought it was his mic but then realised 😂

[mdsign]

Now watch him develop a Concorde and present it as a new idea ...

[samoriginal]

He's holding on to that glass of water like it's all his wealth 😂

[skuzlebut]

The hyperloop is never going to be a thing. It's literally a pipe dream.

[luvher]

And still does not answer when a Hyperloop will be ready…

[JasonB]

Don’t believe the hype of the Hyperloop. If it ever even comes close to being real, it’s actually going to be maglev trains in tubes. But I have a feeling that, not building the tubes would be cheaper and you will have maglev trains.

[rajgunaseelan]

He avoided answering the first question, "When will it be ready?"

[Lownslow]

It’s really easy, bring back the Concorde aircraft

[memesredacted]

I like how he says that a hyperloop to Australia would be a bad idea due to the cost and not the fact that it would be ripped to shreds due to tectonic plate shifting as well as it would take over 1000 years to dig

[martinskamla]

Except the hyperloop is impossible on a large scale for many reasons …. Just wait… it won’t happen

[CryptoChef]

1000 miles, he could make 1 from NY to Florida. U know how awesome it would be to live long enough to see the entire country connected with this.

[huasohvac]

Oh the hyperloop that so far is vapor ware and extremely unreliable?