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@Urban Sky, remaining deeply skeptical is your prerogative -- philosophically, "deeply skeptical" is much different than being "opinionated". Open minds lead to discovery and advancement (although granted not always to the good). Hyperloop does not count on creating "hundreds of miles of a vacuum" only a leading edge of vacuum to remove air resistance in front of the transportation pods and allow LSM motors and maglev technology to operate in a more efficient, less resistive space. It is the same principle that was applied to the age-old vacuum mail tubes used effectively for decades as an inter-office communication system. There are no technologies in "hyperloop" that are new and there are no physics laws that are bent or broken. In essence, I believe that you and I should stop communicating -- we are on entirely different tracks, and that is fine. To précis your comments, you are not interested in hyperloop, so why even bother to comment.