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    The Hyperloop: BUSTED!

    Thunderf00t

    7 HN recommenders · recommended in 12 months, 2016–2023

    YouTube

    28:39 · 2M views · Jul 24, 2016

    Thunderf00t, a physicist, critically assesses the Hyperloop concept, covering the vacuum, pressure, safety, and cost problems of high-speed tube travel. He argues the media accepted the claims uncritically.

    HN repeatedly cites it as the best skeptical engineering analysis of why Hyperloop is impractical.

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    16 comments from Hacker News

    1. @computerexAug 2016· in “How Hyperloop One Went Off the Rails”

      Thunderf00t isn't just some average Joe on the street. The guy has a PhD in chemistry and has dedicated a decade to educate the world at large about matters of science and intellectualism. The world would be a better place if we had more Thunderf00ts on YouTube. His videos on the hyperloop are pretty comprehensive and succinct about their reasoning. Why not watch them instead of mindlessly repeating the same strawman argument that every other Elon Musk fanboy/fangirl left on his videos? [LINK] this video

      Strongly recommendsView on HN
    2. @Red_TarsiusJan 2018· in “Hyperloop costs and challenges undermine pinned hopes”

      British scientist Philip E. Mason ( thunderfoot ) made several skeptical videos on Hyperloop. this video I highly recommend his whole Busted! series.

      Strongly recommendsView on HN
    3. @problemsOct 2016· in “Hyperloop Freight is a Joke”

      The best legitimate criticisms I've seen are here: this video Basically expansion and contraction as well as just plain vulnerability of running a vacuum make it extremely difficult to do practically. The phrase he uses, "all the problems of space travel except in a gun barrel" is a pretty accurate description of the issue. Any loss of vacuum will almost guarantee loss of life. No realistic demo has been done even on a small scale as of yet.

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    4. @imaginenoreOct 2016· in “Hyperloop One Raises $50M, Hires Former Uber CFO”

      I'm happy for them, but I'm yet to hear for anybody to address the major challenges that many people have raised. The major one being - the sudden pressurization in any point and the consequent shockwave traveling at the speed of sound, exploding the tube, killing everything in its way. Thunderf00t did a good job summarizing the problems: this video

      RecommendsView on HN
    5. @RandgaltNov 2016· in “Hyperloop may become reality in Dubai”

      The tone and sarcasm of this video aside, the guy makes strong arguments that the Hyperloop cannot work technically. Worth watching as he makes good arguments. this video edit: actually it can work technically, but it's not practical at all

      RecommendsView on HN