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AUSTINBoasting that the system used 75% less power than normal cars and could be installed on almost any street corner with 400 square feet of free space, Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled a new urban slingshot system Wednesday that he claimed was capable of of moving up to six pedestrians across the street per hour. America is still stuck in the 19th century when it comes to crossing the street, but I know we can do better, said Musk, presenting a detailed rendering of the integrated Skypod crossing system that would launch sealed, individually seated pedestrians pods with a motorized sling above the street to a predetermined location on the adjoining sidewalk. Getting to the other side of the street used to mean wasting energy by using your legs and being exposed to dozens of other people, but that is in the past. Each crossing network costs only $10 million to install and is fully automated, with a climate-controlled environment for the five-minute loading process and journey across the street. And while there have been several instances of the pods crushing pedestrians when they land, I can assure you the lawsuit costs are nothing compared to the savings over helicopter crossing. At press time, 34 cities across the country had bid more than $10 billion to become the first Skypod City.
https://www.theonion.com/elon-musk-unveils-urban-slingshot-system-able-to-move-6-1846702819
kcr
(15,318 posts)Miguelito Loveless
(4,468 posts)certainly arguable, why is it a "death trap"?
kcr
(15,318 posts)Miguelito Loveless
(4,468 posts)and the plans were preliminary?
Also, it seems at this point the project was cancelled, so again, what death trap?
kcr
(15,318 posts)As in ha ha? In response to the Onion, which isn't serious. None of this was based on anything real.
Miguelito Loveless
(4,468 posts)posted about death traps. When called upon to clarify you didn't tell me you were joking, you pointed to a two-year old article criticizing preliminary plans for a project that was cancelled. When that was rebutted, you tell me you were joking.
Very well, you were joking.
kcr
(15,318 posts)I posted one of his silly ideas in response to a joke making fun of his silly ideas.
Miguelito Loveless
(4,468 posts)misreading the post.
Miguelito Loveless
(4,468 posts)with landing rockets to assure a safe landing.
MineralMan
(146,324 posts)Cool, but once his lithium-powered disintegrator/reintegrator teleportation system is launched, people will just disappear and then reappear in another place. At least more than 80% of them will reappear. That's pretty good, really. It's uncertain where the other 20% will go, but that can be worked out in the future, Musk said.
hatrack
(59,592 posts)sanatanadharma
(3,714 posts)Musk's technological solution to the religious problem...
...The Rapture' is repeatedly delayed.
He is developing the technology that God needs to motivate the Rapture.
Brother Buzz
(36,452 posts)Response to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)
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dalton99a
(81,565 posts)Permanut
(5,619 posts)until I read that the pods would be climate controlled. Now I'm all in.