Elon Musk's Underground Plan is Months From Completion

The beautiful city of Nashville, famous across the whole world, as basically the beating heart of country music. And so, boring is not a word you would typically associate with Nashville. That was until Elon Musk's tunneling project got underway beneath the city. And by the way, the reason that joke sort of works is because Elon Musk's tunneling venture is called The Boring Company. So there you have it. It's essentially a solution to traffic congestion. Just instead of the flying cars that we were promised, it's underground tunnels that allow Teslas to transport you back and forth. And despite local complaints from the city council, the state of Tennessee basically went over the top and doubled the size of the project. Meaning, in the very near future, when you go to visit the grand old Opry House, you might be taking a private Tesla underground tunnel to get there. Again, we were all promised flying cars by now, but instead we're going to be traveling like mole people underground in these subterranean tunnels. So let's go through it all together right after you smash those like and subscribe buttons, which will help this video reach ever more people via the algorithm. Thank you so much for that. Now, to begin with, for a while now, Elon Musk's Boring Company has been tunneling underneath Nashville. Their contract was initially just for a 13-mile loop. It was an underground transit system meant to ease up some of the traffic that developed after the post-pandemic boom that the city of Nashville experienced. And what they've been building is called the Music City Loop. And it's basically an underground transit system designed to connect the bustling downtown area with the Nashville International Airport to ease up that traffic by having it all go underground. But the Boring Company is now actively mapping a second tunnel system, one that's meant for serving the actual locals of Nashville. This new tunnel, it would run under the Broadway West End Avenue corridor, passing the Vanderbilt University building before reaching the Cumberland River. And much like the Las Vegas Loop, the Music City Loop will allow customers to travel in Tesla cars with trained drivers. But unlike a traditional subway system, customers would be taken directly to their destination with no stops on the way. And once completed, this new expansion is expected to have more than 20 stations across the entire Nashville metro area. But there is a lot of room for growth as well. To that end, you had the Boring Company CEO say the following. But because of the low cost of that and because of the point-to-point nature, you can continue to add stations and not affect your transit time. And therefore, we kind of have a rule that when you build a station, when you get out of the car, you're less than 100 feet from the front door. All right, just to pause here for a super quick moment. If you've watched our program, Facts Matter, then you know that we focus on one thing, which is the facts, not speculation, not narratives, just what the data shows. And right now, the data globally is pointing in a direction people should really be paying attention to, which is the fact that global conflicts are fueling market uncertainty. That's why I believe in owning something real, something physical, something that the government can't just inflate away, which is physical gold and physical silver from today's sponsor, which is American Hartford Gold, the company that I trust and who I've been personally buying from for many years now. These are tangible assets. They're not tied to policy decisions or shifting narratives. 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But unlike that high-speed rail project over in California, these tunnels are entirely being funded by the Boring Company themselves. And also, unlike the high-speed rail project over in California, the first 13-mile part of the Music City Loop is set to open in just a few months, in February of 2027. That's the part of the loop that'll take you from the downtown area over to the airport. And to use the system, passengers will simply pay a fare, just like a subway ticket. And though prices have yet to be announced, the company did say that, quote, And just for a pricing reference, the Las Vegas Loop costs about $7 round-trip, or $13 for an unlimited day pass. And the transport system, it looks a bit wild if you've never seen it before. It operates about 30 feet below the surface of the earth, and each tunnel is approximately 12 feet in diameter, built perfectly to the specifications of a Tesla vehicle driving autonomously. Now, getting back to the Nashville project, the recent expansion there, it includes a partnership with several developers of high-rise buildings, which will give private access to the residents of three different luxury apartment blocks. Meaning, if you happen to live in one of those luxury buildings, you can simply hop into the elevator and go straight down to the Music City Loop station, and then go wherever you want to go without ever having to hit traffic. And despite being the home of country music, the CEO of The Boring Company says that Nashville actually has a lot of hard rock, which is a tough thing to tunnel through. If we were optimizing for easiest places to tunnel, it would not be here. You have extremely hard rock, like way harder than it should be. We've done a lot of boring, so like, oh man. However, much like with everything that involves Mr. Elon Musk, there is strong opposition to the local expansion of this project. That's because while the Republican state leadership is gung-ho about the Loop, local city officials are not. And to that end, in March, you had Metro Nashville council members vote to formally oppose the Music City Loop. It was a non-binding resolution passed by the city council that basically formally opposed the project. But that is, for the most part, just ceremonial. Because there is a Tennessee state law that was enacted back in April, which grants exclusive subsurface jurisdiction to the state government. And so, even though the tunnel is quite literally underneath the city of Nashville, the local city government has no jurisdiction over it. Because the governor, Mr. Bill Lee, says that he is looking forward to expanding the state's relationship with the Boring Company, going even further than Nashville. Which could include more distant areas of Tennessee, with the residents there being able to travel to Nashville underground. Here was Governor Bill Lee saying that he hopes this can happen. I think if the business model works for them, I would hope that they do. But that's yet to be seen. We know what they have proposed, and what we have worked with them to make sure happens. We'll see where it goes after that. And so that is where the project is currently at. The first leg is set to again open five months from now in February of next year. And if it's anything like the Loop in Las Vegas, it could very well be a boon to both tourism, as well as just to the quality of life, since the endless traffic will be pushed underground. I will give you updates as they become available on this project. In the meantime, though, if you'd like to read more about it, watch the videos, or just go through my research notes, you'll find all them down in the description box below this video, which is right below those like and subscribe buttons, both of which I know you already smashed. 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