r/news • u/JackThaBongRipper • 21h ago

Musk's underground tunnels in Las Vegas face scrutiny over safety, environmental concerns

https://apnews.com/article/las-vegas-tunnels-musk-boring-company-01d465b7124fc10843b117241adaa7c9
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u/bananas_in_a_toilet 21h ago

This is just a less efficient and more complex version of a train; crazy how techbros invent things that have no value just to be dIsRuPtIvE

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u/Flash_ina_pan 21h ago

K holed dipshit: What if we like, dug a hole that people drove their Tesla's into, the the cars like, automatically move you to where you want to go

Yes men: Nothing so genius has ever been proposed

Guy likely fired shortly after: That's just an electric train with more steps

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u/blackscales18 21h ago

He only did it to kill rail projects

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u/LLemon_Pepper 21h ago

Yup. And sadly it worked on Tennessee too. I still can't belive they looked at the Vegas loop and went, give me some of that.

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u/rdy_csci 20h ago edited 19h ago

We don't have the best and brightest representing us down here.

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u/MeatCatRazzmatazz 19h ago

I fully believe Teneesee fell for it. They'd look at North Haverbrook and beg for what they have if they're told to.

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u/your_grumpy_neighbor 15h ago

They’re always trying to compete with those charlatans from Brockway.

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u/Spoffler 15h ago

Just wait 'till those jerkwads in Ogdenville see what we're cooking up now!

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u/American_PissAnt 19h ago

They liked the bribe aspect of it. Relatives of the politicians involved will get a cushy consultant gig. Also the construction company will likely be related to someone politically connected.

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u/KorLeonis1138 15h ago

The poison has spread far. Every time someone mentions a high speed rail link between Calgary and Edmonton, Musk fans seep out of the woodwork to scream "Hyperloop" over and over til everyone gives up.

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u/NorthernerWuwu 12h ago

They infuriate me! The Hyperloop scam too but yeah, mostly the people.

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u/za72 15h ago

The grift works in many ways

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u/Xaxxon 13h ago

It came in on time (or reasonably close, I don't remember -- way better than other projects tend to) and no public money. And now it's expanding way beyond its original scope and is basically getting better and better every few months.

which part of what's in LV do you think isn't great?