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by djsumdog 2644 days ago
The tech is way older than Musk. In the 80s it was called Evacuated Tube Transport or ETT. It had feasibility problems then and it does now. It's a nice idea, but we're a long way from the tunneling technology and vehicle technology to make it a reality.
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It's even older than that... 1799/1810[1] was the first attempt

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Medhurst