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Brunel had his ships. Trump had his walls. And now Musk wants to make… tunnels. Tunnels under cities, to reduce traffic congestion and make the world a better, cleaner, less rage-filled place.
Over the weekend, probably while sitting in traffic behind the wheel of an autonomous Tesla, Musk tweeted: “Traffic is driving me nuts. Am going to build a tunnel boring machine and just start digging.” An hour later, probably while still sitting in traffic, giving him plenty of time to think of a witty pun, he declared: “It shall be called ‘The Boring Company.’ Boring, it’s what we do.”
And finally, an hour after that, just in case any of us were foolish enough to think the billionaire multi-CEO was joking, Musk said, “I am actually going to do this.” He also changed his Twitter bio to include “Tunnels.”
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Source: Ars Technica – Elon Musk hates sitting in traffic, says he’s going to build tunnels