So great to see entrepreneurs and engineers with vision take on the stodgy, stone-age California High Speed Rail Authority. I hope that Hyperloop&#x27;s tests embarrass and shame them into dropping their politically-expedient, geologically-complex[1] compromise &quot;high speed&quot; rail that meanders way inland through the dessert in a very circuitous linking of LA to SF.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.latimes.com&#x2F;local&#x2F;lanow&#x2F;la-me-ln-bullet-train-southern-california-20160123-story.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.latimes.com&#x2F;local&#x2F;lanow&#x2F;la-me-ln-bullet-train-sou...</a>