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Considering most voters (57%) disapprove of the high-speed rail project, it sounds like he'd be doing Californians a favor.

There are certainly less round-about ways of doing that than getting HN excited by dropping vague hints about a future project every few months.

If you have any evidence that Elon Musk of all people is deserving of such cynicism, I genuinely would like to see it.

I was cynical in a general way. A no sense without any evidence. Apologies for that.

The idea for the Hyperloop grew out of the terrible (slowest and most expensive per mile) CA HSR, so yeah.

more than likely a big part of his motivation, but considering how bad an investment the current plan is, it is very prudent.