New Super-Fast Transport System Powered By Passengers’ Screams

[longship]

SAN FRANCISCO—Entrepreneur Elon Musk unveiled his plans Monday for a revolutionary Hyperloop transportation system, which would seat riders in vacuum-like tubes, launch them from Los Angeles to San Francisco, and would be powered solely by the screams of its terrified passengers.

More at link.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/new-superfast-transport-system-powered-by-passenge,33468/

Some good levity from The Onion. N.B., this is satire.

[Xipe Totec]

1. You can't have levitation without levity. nt

[longship]

3. I see what did there.

And you're reported for it!

[customerserviceguy]

10. He'll probably get a suspended sentence.

[pinboy3niner]

19. That is yet tu be determined. nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. ROFL!!!!

Been reading about this guy's ideas.

Funny funny image by the Onion.

[longship]

4. It is a great pic.

My iPhone won't post pics anymore. Google won't let me copy image URLs.

Otherwise I would have posted the pic.

[madinmaryland]

5. Here's the picture. Too funny!

[longship]

13. Many thanks. nt

[tanyev]

6. I would get there in record time.

God help me if I ever have to have an MRI.

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. I wish we were allowed to scream

on the the present day tubes that we sit in to fly across the country.

[customerserviceguy]

11. You can

if you're a baby riding for free on the lap of the person behind me.

[deurbano]

15. That made me laugh!

[Wednesdays]

7. Powered by screams?

Hmm...

[abelenkpe]

17. Perfect! Nt

[msanthrope]

18. One of my kid's favorite movies! nt

[olddots]

9. this idea may be a good idea

but so far it doesn't look like a well thought out idea

[hunter]

12. No way in hell is anyone ever going to stuff me in a tube and shoot me to Los Angeles.

I'd rather walk.

[obxhead]

14. the way you say it

I see the tube at the bank, stuck half way across the ceiling.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

20. Getting blown all the way to Frisco sounds good.

[ashling]

16. You could do your banking in SF

from a drive through window in LA


just like banking on the internet . . . except it uses a series of tubes.

[Dash87]

21. Lol