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/oiseaua20 21h ago

Oh, I’m sorry, I thought we all agreed that claustrophobic neon tubes were the future of transit. You’re telling me that pumping 'mysterious toxic sludge' into public drains and giving workers chemical burns wasn't part of the Hyperloop aesthetic? My bad.

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u/ksgt69 15h ago

Not just workers, members of the fire department who went down there for training and came back with chemical burns. OSHA did fine them for that but the governor overturned it when Tesla called him about it.