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RE: Steemstem Community: Respond to this with your opinions on the subject
I think this is more of an optimization problem. It is not really possible to maintain (a perfect) vaccuum. So you just want to reduce the pressure such that the energy bill is not too high and such that the friction is sufficiently low.
There are different patents on how low they have the vacuum (and depending on the level to which a vacuum is made will change on what design will prevail). I am ultimately just making my arguments in reference to the efficiency of the two, specifically when scaled to see if there is ever a specific distance where the hyperloop will be more efficient than the maglev (thanks to the fathers of calculus for giving me the derivative, this task has become a lot easier)