Re: Snake Oil
In comparison Hyperloop only works at all if it bypasses everywhere in between LA and SF (it's not exactly station friendly). ... It's never going to be a mass transportation system. So why would the government be motivated to put a single penny into it?
Well... given high-speed transport in general needs longer distances between stations to show any worthwhile benefit, there is one use case that Hyperloop could fit, namely, connections where there is little need or possibility of intermediate stations and benefits in having a short transit time, for example a line between Scotland and Norway under the North Sea. But then flying is probably still going to be quicker and cheaper end-to-end...