Am I the only one that finds the Boring Company the most interesting of Musk's current projects?
If he can pull off fastish, cheapish tunnelling under major cities we could see a renaissance in new subway construction in American cities.
If he can pull off fastish, cheapish tunnelling under major cities we could see a renaissance in new subway construction in American cities.
If there's anything we learned in the last ~30 years of urban planning is that building cities at car scales isn't the best way to promote healthy city life and community. There are many reasons for this. There's probably books that focus on just this, but if you want a better idea of how city design has affected community living in general, I recommend The Great Good Place [0].
I read somewhere else in this thread that The Boring Company is obviously something intended for Mars. I am more ok with that idea, since it might be impossible to do anything other than underground individual transportation in a place where the environment is hostile.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Good_Place_(Oldenbur...
So not only is boring tunnels under cities doable, but it's already been done.