Comment Re:proposed hyperloop goes to proposed city (Score 3, Insightful) 157
"The Hyperloop infrastructure needs to support about 1/10th the weight per meter as traditional rail, therefore it can be done with 1/10th the materials." No, doesn't work that way. The supports would need to anchor something that can't even be allowed to move a millimeter lest the passengers be jarred to death.
Vacuum tubes of miles in length, smooth to extremely high tolerances, will be far more expensive than oil pipes.