The Boring Company seems like a total nothingburger at this point. The Las Vegas Loop is not particularly impressive and it's taking a long time to expand it. Nothing about this feels revolutionary or even evolutionary. Just novelty.
The fact that Teslas can't navigate autonomously even in these controlled, enclosed environments is also quite embarrassing.
Some of these companies seem to have figured out that you can just do things and get away with it if you don’t mind paying a few fines (maybe “fees” would be a better term??)
Separate from the fines, why doesn't CCWRD litigate to get their cleanup costs back?
CCWRD says that its crews ultimately had to clean 12 cubic yards of “drilling mud, drilling spoils, and miscellaneous solid waste” from one of its sewage treatment facilities due to Boring’s discharges across two of its project sites
Just for comparison, here's how real tunneling companies deal with sludge.[1]
There's a small portable plant that separates sludge from water. It's about the size of two shipping containers. The water usually gets re-used in the tunneling operation.
The Boring Company, on the other hand, has been dumping their wet sludge on a vacant lot near a mall and waiting for the sludge to dry out. The mall doesn't like that.
Nor does the city of Las Vegas, now that they found out.
$500K fine is nothing for a company that size. If they “feigned compliance,” that’s worse than the spill itself. Rules exist for a reason—follow them or stop digging.
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[ 8.7 ms ] story [ 543 ms ] threadBoring Company cited for almost 800 environmental violations in Las Vegas
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45540585
I can no longer find it. If anyone else can, it might be nice to link here.
The fact that Teslas can't navigate autonomously even in these controlled, enclosed environments is also quite embarrassing.
Stopping when inspectors are there only to restart once they leave is willful enough that you wonder why this doesn't go into criminal liability?
CCWRD says that its crews ultimately had to clean 12 cubic yards of “drilling mud, drilling spoils, and miscellaneous solid waste” from one of its sewage treatment facilities due to Boring’s discharges across two of its project sites
Elon Musk probably made $800k as I was typing this comment.
Maybe a $500k fine is reasonable for a dime a dozen contractor, this fine is a joke.
The Boring Company, on the other hand, has been dumping their wet sludge on a vacant lot near a mall and waiting for the sludge to dry out. The mall doesn't like that. Nor does the city of Las Vegas, now that they found out.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCctmBUHIMo