Why doesn't Elon Musk build his Hyperloop tunnels in our canals?

[boyband]

In England we have canal's that have being dug in the straightest line between 2 points to a standard deep Mister Musk has the boring company to build tunnel's why does he buy the canal's in England and cover them so he can prove his hyperloop cheaper than constant drilling?

 

[jedishrfu]

And how many folks would balk at filling in their historic canals and if they allowed it where would all the dirt come from to fill them in. It would have to be shipped at great expense from somewhere, and likely disrupt the environment.

And then there's the mosquitos where would they move to, people are always trying to mess with their living spaces.

 

[phinds]

In England we have canal's that have being dug in the straightest line between 2 points to a standard deep Mister Musk has the boring company to build tunnel's why does he buy the canal's in England and cover them so he can prove his hyperloop cheaper than constant drilling?

Do you think maybe you could learn to break your posts up into actual sentences when you do it your way it looks gibberish only when reading it a second time does it begin to make sense perhaps English is not your native language even if so, learning to put in a period now and then would be a good idea it would make your post more readable. Whew !

 

[berkeman]

perhaps English is not your native language

From what I can see with my Mentor superpowers (and cannot reveal in detail for privacy reasons), he/she is from an English speaking country. Just has no clue about plural/possessive nouns or sentence structure. Certainly makes it much harder to parse his/her posts to try to respond in a helpful way...

 

[DrGreg]

In England we have canal's that have being dug in the straightest line between 2 points

Really?

All the canals that I know are quite bendy. (Intentionally, to avoid having to go uphill or downhill.)

But, as has already been pointed out, there would be huge opposition to this from people who like traveling along canals in boats, and from lots more people too.

 

[Vanadium 50]

Perhaps more to the point, if building a route from LA to San Francisco, going via English canals seems a wee bit out of the way.

 

[sysprog]

Really?

All the canals that I know are quite bendy. (Intentionally, to avoid having to go uphill or downhill.)

But, as has already been pointed out, there would be huge opposition to this from people who like traveling along canals in boats, and from lots more people too.

The Oxford Canal is "quite bendy", and has many locks to accommodate changes in elevation.

The "lots more people" group includes many loyal public house patrons.