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We have oil pipelines stretching thousands of miles that are under far more stress. We can build a low-pressure tunnel that stretches without a problem. Nothing in the hyperloop is impossible - it's just incredibly expensive and unprofitable.

Solve the mass-scale construction and maintenance efficiency problem and we can get all kinds of cool things like hyperloops, space elevators, and fancy megacities.




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