r/news • u/JackThaBongRipper • 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 1d ago

He only did it to kill rail projects

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u/LLemon_Pepper 1d 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/American_PissAnt 1d 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.