[Fresh Wind]

The capsules, mounted above the ground on columns 50 to 100 yards apart would hurtle through tubes in a complete vacuum on small cushions of air accelerated by electrical motors, solar panels and kinetic energy.

Good Lord, who writes this garbage?

[Da Coyote]

“The capsules, mounted above the ground on columns 50 to 100 yards apart would hurtle through tubes in a complete vacuum on small cushions of air accelerated by electrical motors, solar panels and kinetic energy.

Good Lord, who writes this garbage? “

Agree, that is so convoluted and illogical that the writer belongs in the West Wing writing incoherent lies for the Obamadork.

The schema is silly, stupid, and had so many safety and technical holes in it that it could have well been designed by Bill Gates.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Good Lord, who writes this garbage?

Journalism majors.

This idea's been around for a long time. The original proposal was for the Boston to NYC corridor. The idea was to bury the pipeline. I think above ground is preferable.

These above-ground lines could be subject to terrorist attacks, but so are railroad bridges.