The Hyperloop was always a scam

Hyoerloop is not a scam just because The con man proposed it with the intent of stopping a high speed rail road project.

It's a scam also because:

• the idea is not his. It's 100 years old and has been tackled by other before him.
• it's impossible to be build from the technical point of view.
• even if you do manage to miraculously built it it won't be economically feasible.
• in the lasts years it's starting to be obvious that if it's backed by Musk it's a scam in some degree, shape or form. (see also Solar Cities, Tesla, The Loop and the Boring company, etc.)