Qs I’m thinking about - last updated, May 26, 24

• What are some useful things that would benefit high speed transportation companies?
• Is there a less energy-intensive way to make vacuums esp those for big applications like hyperloop?
• Hyperloop has been a relatively small community and infant industry for a really long time. why? it doesn't make sense why it has stayed so small if there are so many technologies come out of it that could be applied to other industries.
• A key different between nations that have advanced technology applications (i.e. China) and ones that are kinda behind (i.e. Canada, US) tend to be driven by unclear political motivations and support.
  • Canada’s never gone full into transportation unless it’s for freight even when it’s one of the best scenarios to do so. “Transport Canada would be more risk-averse than the EU or the U.S. In Canada, we’re not early adopters of new transportation technology and we’re more willing to step back and see how it works in other countries,” Prof. Grise said Source
    → this gives “guilty before proven to be innocent”
  • US tends to have an opposite tech view compared to Canada, being that it is more “innocent before proven guilty.” They’re known to throw a lot of tech into society to see what works, but this can kinda backfired w public transportation & road infrastructure.
• Maybe i should start a transit blog, that would be fun

• Rabbit hole: why is china able to build transportation tech and scale it up so much faster?