It's been dreamed of before as a "pneumatic railway" dating back to 1812 in Britain, and by rocket pioneer Robert Goddard in 1912. Along with the engineering challenge, political help will be needed to go into and through local jurisdictions.
But, surprisingly, cost is not much of a problem compared to California's fast-train plans. The cost to build a hyperloop between LA and San Francisco is estimated at $6 billion, while the proposed fast-train will probably cost the state about $80 billion: it would be cheaper.
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"Basically, the system would work like those old pneumatic tubes that were used to move messages using air pressure in banks . . "The Hyperloop design uses a combination of low air pressure and magnetic acceleration to get people from LA to SF in just about 30 minutes," . . It would produce its own electricity from solar power." The trip from LA to SF is about 400 miles.
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