While not directly responsible, Elon Musk proposed the Hyperloop, promising features that it could never possibly achieve, and redirected attention away from an actual solution to a gadgetbahn technology that would never work. Here’s an article from the time and here’s a more recent article about it. Part of the criticism is also on the fawning media that worshiped the very ground Elon walked on at that time.
While not directly responsible, Elon Musk proposed the Hyperloop, promising features that it could never possibly achieve, and redirected attention away from an actual solution to a gadgetbahn technology that would never work. Here’s an article from the time and here’s a more recent article about it. Part of the criticism is also on the fawning media that worshiped the very ground Elon walked on at that time.