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> it's not an evacuated tunnel

Really? I thought it was already established that the Hyperloop is a vactrain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vactrain). Using small cars (say, six passengers) accomplishes the "leaves when you arrive" and putting solar panels on top of the tunnel accomplishes the storing energy part. I wonder what the alternative would be and what its advantages over a vactrain would be.




He's said explicitly that it's not, although I can't find a primary source for this quote.



Solar panels don't store energy. They only convert it.




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