Elon Musk is boring

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Musks 'Boring Company' has begun digging just outside his SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California.

The trench measures 30 feet (9 metres) wide, 50 feet (15 metres) long, and 15 feet (4.5 metres) deep, and was started earlier this month, Wired reported.

'We're just going to figure out what it takes to improve tunneling speed by, I think, somewhere between 500 and 1,000 percent,' he said during a Hyperloop design competition at SpaceX earlier this month.


Nicknamed Nannie, Musk's tunnel boring machine is 26 feet in diameter and about 400 feet long, weighing around 1,200 tons.

It was used by Washington's water utility to dig a tunnel to prevent sewage from overflowing into the Anacostia River.

The machine is named after Nannie Helen Burroughs, nationally prominent Black educator, Church leader, and suffrage supporter who founded the National Training School for Women and Girls in Washington DC.

The 1,248 ton machine created a 23-foot diameter tunnel beginning at RFK Stadium that ends at the Poplar Point Pumping station in Southeast, approximately 100 feet underground.

It goes underneath the Anacostia River, CSX railroad tracks, and the Green Line.

The entire project - which traverses underground 13 miles from Bloomingdale to DC Water's Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant in Southeast - is designed to supplement the existing sewer system by capturing excess storm water and curb area flooding.



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[Frick]

Bah, I thought you were going to talk about how he is a bad speaker (technically), but nooooo. Because he is not a great speaker.

EDIT: Don't get me wrong, I am deeply fascinated by the guy. He is an actual visionary, and those are not common. He's just not a good speaker, and for some reason that annoys me.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

I have much admiration for the man....but not his speeches.

 

[Raevenlord]

Bah, I thought you were going to talk about how he is a bad speaker (technically), but nooooo. Because he is not a great speaker.

EDIT: Don't get me wrong, I am deeply fascinated by the guy. He is an actual visionary, and those are not common. He's just not a good speaker, and for some reason that annoys me.

I have much admiration for the man....but not his speeches.

Amen to that.

 

[zerotuL]

I have much admiration for the man....but not his speeches.

Thanks to gods of Olympus his speeches do not impact his dream to drag this stubborn humanity into bright future.

 

[Folterknecht]

Thanks to gods of Olympus his speeches do not impact his dream to drag this stubborn humanity into bright future.

If he was a better speaker that dragging of stubborn humanity would maybe work better.

 

[zerotuL]

If he was a better speaker that dragging of stubborn humanity would maybe work better.

Maybe, but we have what we have. Nice speech skills is just a tiny pleasant bonus you can actually live without.

 

[Kanan]

Steve Jobs on the other hand wasn't as nice as a inventor, actually used other people for that and sold it as his own ingenuity, but a great speaker instead.

 

[zerotuL]

Steve Jobs on the other hand wasn't as nice as a inventor, actually used other people for that and sold it as his own ingenuity, but a great speaker instead.

Agree, but his company didn't do a lot of progress producing same crap for x3 price comparing to rivals . Just a good marketing nothing more. Musk did a lot more progress for humanity by landing engine back on Earth then the whole apple company did since its foundation.No innovation, just money making.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

In an appearance at the TED conference in Vancouver, Musk showed off a new video of electric 'skates' transporting cars in a narrow tunnel under a city before raising them back to street level in a space as small as two parking spaces.

Inside the tunnels, Musk said cars could travel as fast as 200 kilometers per hour (roughly 130 MPH) according to Axois.

 

[eidairaman1]

Steve Jobs on the other hand wasn't as nice as a inventor, actually used other people for that and sold it as his own ingenuity, but a great speaker instead.

Yup a total narcissist, just like Boyd Coddington(ahole).

 

[jboydgolfer]

Someone say my name ?

 

[eidairaman1]

Someone say my name ?

That guy died in 2008.

 

[droopyRO]

Whenever i hear his name i pray that he completes at least a quarter of what he desires. Life is ironic with this kind of very special people unfortunatley.

 

[Vario]

In an appearance at the TED conference in Vancouver, Musk showed off a new video of electric 'skates' transporting cars in a narrow tunnel under a city before raising them back to street level in a space as small as two parking spaces.

Inside the tunnels, Musk said cars could travel as fast as 200 kilometers per hour (roughly 130 MPH) according to Axois.

The thing that I find idiotic about the driverless car ideas that Musk is promoting is there will be no reason to own a car once they are all driverless. It will make a lot more financial sense to just use a ride sharing service, or a train, or bus. On those, you are just as much a passenger. Atleast you won't have to spend a sizable chunk of your salary on a heap of metal and plastic.

 

[Kanan]

The thing that I find idiotic about the driverless car ideas that Musk is promoting is there will be no reason to own a car once they are all driverless. It will make a lot more financial sense to just use a ride sharing service, or a train, or bus. On those, you are just as much a passenger. Atleast you won't have to spend a sizable chunk of your salary on a heap of metal and plastic.

I guess owning a car still makes it easier to reach one and saves a lot of money on the long run compared to services. But other than you're probably right. I guess high usage drivers will need a car anyway.

 

[dorsetknob]

Owning Cars is A GOD GIVEN RIGHT and Heavens angels (Your Government ) will ensure you continue this God given Right
How Else Can they Ensure you Tithe the GovernmentChurch with those Taxes

 

[Countryside]

I have much admiration for the man....but not his speeches.

If only he could give speeches like Neil Degrasse Tyson.

 

[Solaris17]

The thing I really love about Musk is not only is he such a visonary, but he seems to be grounded enough to not come off as a total dbag like some other fruit company founders, which isnt to say they are totally at fault it seems to be a public trait for most of the top $ %. Elon though seems different. Not so pressurd by investors. When his rocket exploded he just keeps trucking, same with Tesla, boring, energy cells, home solar panels and home UPS batteries. I mean the guy is an energy legend IMO. Like his stance on electric or not he has moved very fast in a few years. Like I said though he still seems down to earth without the attitude that comes with being someone who has a light on them all the time.

 

[Vario]

Just seems like mass transit would be a better thing to focus innovation on. Its much more sustainable and affordable and theres so much room for improvement in quality, comfort, speed, safety, price, environmental friendliness. I know his hyper loop is being developed. Sounds like a good idea, especially if it could get you from city to city in minutes.

The actual Tesla cars seems a step forward in the wrong direction. The vehicles are too expensive and once they are fully driverless, why own them? I only have a car because I like being in control of the vehicle.

I was a car enthusiast and still drive a 5 speed mustang with a v8, some bolt on mods, but cars are a terrible way of moving people. Just look at how inefficient highway rush hour traffic is to see the flaws. One or two people per vehicle. Each vehicle costs a small fortune. Most of the energy is wasted just sitting idle on the road not moving. Then you get it home and it sits in your driveway rusting away. Most of the time you don't even use it, it just sits around. I'd rather have a good set of rails that can take me across north america for a few bucks in a few hours with minimal pollution, minimal stress, fast, safe.

 

[eidairaman1]

Just seems like mass transit would be a better thing to focus innovation on. Its much more sustainable and affordable and theres so much room for improvement in quality, comfort, speed, safety, price, environmental friendliness. I know his hyper loop is being developed. Sounds like a good idea, especially if it could get you from city to city in minutes.

The actual Tesla cars seems a step forward in the wrong direction. The vehicles are too expensive and once they are fully driverless, why own them? I only have a car because I like being in control of the vehicle.

I was a car enthusiast and still drive a 5 speed mustang with a v8, some bolt on mods, but cars are a terrible way of moving people. Just look at how inefficient highway rush hour traffic is to see the flaws. One or two people per vehicle. Each vehicle costs a small fortune. Most of the energy is wasted just sitting idle on the road not moving. Then you get it home and it sits in your driveway rusting away. Most of the time you don't even use it, it just sits around. I'd rather have a good set of rails that can take me across north america for a few bucks in a few hours with minimal pollution, minimal stress, fast, safe.

I'm not big on autonomous cars, let alone hybrids. Think of demolition man. Only problem is some cities built too close to the roads to establish a mas transit train system.

 

[Vario]

I'm not big on autonomous cars, let alone hybrids. Think of demolition man. Only problem is some cities built too close to the roads to establish a mas transit train system.

My dad is a road biker and he is scared about driverless car implementation.

 

[TheMailMan78]

Bah, I thought you were going to talk about how he is a bad speaker (technically), but nooooo. Because he is not a great speaker.

EDIT: Don't get me wrong, I am deeply fascinated by the guy. He is an actual visionary, and those are not common. He's just not a good speaker, and for some reason that annoys me.

They should hire me. I'm a great public speaker. I can also spew BS with the best of them. Just give me some loose facts and Ill have the investors creamin in their jeans.

 

[Sasqui]

The thing I really love about Musk is not only is he such a visonary, but he seems to be grounded enough to not come off as a total dbag like some other fruit company founders, which isnt to say they are totally at fault it seems to be a public trait for most of the top $ %. Elon though seems different. Not so pressurd by investors. When his rocket exploded he just keeps trucking, same with Tesla, boring, energy cells, home solar panels and home UPS batteries. I mean the guy is an energy legend IMO. Like his stance on electric or not he has moved very fast in a few years. Like I said though he still seems down to earth without the attitude that comes with being someone who has a light on them all the time.

Well put.

 

[eidairaman1]

My dad is a road biker and he is scared about driverless car implementation.

Cant blame him, eyes are faster than cameras still, as long as not distracted or intoxicated.