I have to be against it at this point. The current cost estimate is about $100 billion. SF to LA is about 400 miles. So $250 million a mile. $25 million for a tenth of a mile. That's just insane.
Assume each trip manages to make $100 profit (doubtful, given what one can get with respect to air fares and driving costs). It'd take 1 billion trips to break even. California has about 30 million people, so each person would have to take 333 trips. Um, yeah.
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Date: 2012-03-14 12:51 am (UTC)Assume each trip manages to make $100 profit (doubtful, given what one can get with respect to air fares and driving costs). It'd take 1 billion trips to break even. California has about 30 million people, so each person would have to take 333 trips. Um, yeah.