A Revolutionary Traveling Method?

A Revolutionary Traveling Method?

                Elon Musk, an entrepreneur involved in many different companies and ideas, has started work on a new form of national and international travel that can reach speeds of over 3,000 miles an hour and travel from Los Angeles to New York in a mere 45 minutes. Called the Hyperloop, it resembles the same technology banks use at the drive through to take in your deposit. Esssentially, the Hyperloop is a vacuum-sealed magnetic-levitated train that could zip around the world with virtually no friction -- allowing for greater speeds. The Hyperloop's rails could be built above or below ground, and even underwater, a versatility that can revolutionize the way we travel. Each train of the Hyperloop can fit luggage and up to six people, and since it can obtain energy from solar power, the Hyperloop has the potential to create more energy than it could use up -- an environmental win.

                The Hyperloop would dramatically decrease long distance travel in cars, airplanes, trains, and boats, which would lower carbon dioxide emissions worldwide if it were used internationally. Once the Hyperloop is created, it could replace subways and trains, and can even be altered for commercial use by shipping cargo at a speed we have never achieved before in the business industry. If Musk is correct in his statement of it generating more energy than it could use up, it would also serve as a clean energy source. . . which also allows people to get from America to China in about two hours. Is this the a win-win invention for the people and the planet?

                The barrier to the situation, like almost all things, is money and the willingness of the government to allow the Hyperloop in cities and across states. Though the Hyperloop is inexpensive compared to other forms of transportation (it would cost one-tenth of a high-speed rail and one-fourth of a freeway), it still may be hard to build and to use as public transportation. The Hyperloop is currently in the private sector, and would therefore compete against the car, plane, train, and boat industries, which would create a more competitive travel market and alter the economy of the entire planet.

                Personally, I find the Hyperloop absolutely amazing. I do not see a down side, and people would think that going over 3,000 miles an hour would be dangerous, but Elon Musk says that there is no chance of a collision between capsules. The Hyperloop may have a slow start in the market, but Musk says a blueprint of the prototype may be released next month. I see no reason why not to do this, and I sincerely hope that dozens of companies will research the technology to build multiple Hyperloop rails across the country and across the globe.

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