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hunter

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10. If I was Emperor of the Earth...

Reply to CK_John (Original post)

Sun Dec 21, 2014, 01:46 PM

Dec 2014

... secure in my space fortress, protected by countless EMP laser blaster satellites, I like to joke that I'd knock out any vehicle (other than medical transport) traveling faster than 50 kilometers per hour (31 miles per hour).

World travel would still be possible, you'd simply have to make vacations longer.

So sit back and enjoy the ride.

Hurry hurry hurry is a terrible way to live.

Many people are probably relieved I'm not Emperor of Earth sitting in my space fortress.

But I'm still a very dangerous fellow when I don't know what I'm doing.

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IMO, the Hyperloop will be easier to install and better than driverless cars. [View all] CK_John Dec 2014 OP

It's really a great idea that needs funding immediately. Instead, 80% of budget is war. grahamhgreen Dec 2014 #1

It's cheaper to lay track or build monorails Warpy Dec 2014 #2

The loop is faster than trains/planes BC it eliminates the air resistance with scum tubes. grahamhgreen Dec 2014 #4

They're not mutually exclusive ideas Bosonic Dec 2014 #3

Nature abhors a vacuum. Orrex Dec 2014 #5

The Hyperloop is a very bad concept. DetlefK Dec 2014 #6

It isn't actually a vacuum fyi... Agschmid Dec 2014 #7

Try to breathe that: DetlefK Dec 2014 #8

Almost word for word of what they said about the "chunnel". CK_John Dec 2014 #9

The Chunnel isn't a vacuum tube. It's a regular tunnel. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2014 #11

It's not a vacuum, that's innacurate. Agschmid Dec 2014 #12

Then it must work on some kind of pressure differential that isn't a true vacuum. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2014 #14

There is a pressure differential that is correct, the pressure is reduced from atmospheric. Agschmid Dec 2014 #17

If nature abhorred a vacuum it wouldn't have so vastly much of it Fumesucker Dec 2014 #15

"Nature abhorrs vaccum" has an equivalent in thermodynamics. DetlefK Dec 2014 #19

If I was Emperor of the Earth... hunter Dec 2014 #10

Tomorrow you will have more time to think about it. CK_John Dec 2014 #13

Even human powered vehicles can go over 31 mph Fumesucker Dec 2014 #16

I'd make an exception for human powered vehicles and animals, of course. hunter Dec 2014 #18