[recursive4]

800 environment violations in service of the development of modern subterranean transportation is a utilitarian trade I'll take any day of the week.

[gs17]

> in service of the development of modern subterranean transportation

It's not really that, it's a weird parody of "modern subterranean transportation". They could do interesting things with it, but right now it's just private roads. It isn't more efficient than a subway, it isn't more flexible, but it's likely more dangerous.

[sleepybrett]

Cant wait for one of those cars to cook off it's battery pack possibly leading to the car behind it cooking off it's battery pack. And where do the humans in those cars go? Last time I looked at the press around this thing the tunnel is barely wider than the cars. Add fire and smoke and it's just a lot of dead people.

[Sohcahtoa82]

I would agree with you if that's what the Boring Company is doing.

I suggest you actually look into what the the Boring Company's roads in Las Vegas actually are.

What you image as subterranean transportation isn't even what BC is striving for.

[tokai]

But that's not the trade on offer here.

[regularjack]

You only say this because you're not the one suffering the consequences

[guywithahat]

The consequence being additional underground public transport?

[miltonlost]

> modern subterranean transportation

Looks at Hyperloop. Looks at London subway. Looks at NYC subway. Looks at literally any other subway Yeah, a poorly-made tunnel with cars that fit 2-3 people at a time while requiring each car to have their own driver is very modern and definitely worth environmental violations.

[Ekaros]

Poorly made two way tunnel... Not even two tunnels so you could send traffic to both direction at same time and have actual potential for reasonable capacity.

[GuinansEyebrows]

i don't think trading irreparable environmental harm for Private Car Hole is utilitarian.

[sgerenser]

It was only a matter of time before the Elon Musk stans showed up.