[The KG9 Kid]

"... The transporters [...] could eventually cut travel time between New York and Beijing to about two hours,”

No thanks. I don't need the world to get that small.

I don't care if there is economic justification for this plan. Just HELL no.

[HiTech RedNeck]

A passenger would also see partial-G on the way down and more than 1G on the way up. Would this sort of ride be acceptable? Maybe not. And if anything goes wrong you’re buried deep in a tunnel that would take days if not weeks to excavate into.

But it would be just the thing for a day trip to China!