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toyg on Aug 12, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hyperloop

Given the sort of heavy infrastructure required and their related permits, I'd assume that whoever actually starts an effort to build a HL-like system, will have local politicians on board.

r00fus on Aug 12, 2013 [–]

These days, politicians have to stay bought. And any competitor or detractor can derail your effort by buying off one of the local politicos.

This is one of the biggest reasons northern CA doesn't already have a bunch of such systems already in place.

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