Elon’s 12-Foot Flood Tunnels: Houston’s Leak Fix or Tunnel Vision?

Elon Musk’s Boring Company pitched a headline-worthy $760 million flood tunnel project under Houston’s Buffalo Bayou, boasting tunnels a modest 12 feet wide — roughly the size of Elon’s ego, not the 30–40-foot behemoths experts say are needed. Despite ignoring questions from the Houston Chronicle and Texas Newsroom, Musk shouted defiance on X, claiming his tunnels cost less than 10% of alternatives, when public records suggest it’s closer to one-sixth (still cheaper, but not quite bargain-bin prices). Republicans like Rep. Wesley Hunt hailed Elon as the 'smartest man on planet earth,' while engineers warned you can't just stack eleven tiny tunnels side-by-side without triggering a subterranean expensive-hellscape nightmare.

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Mockingbird News

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Elon’s flood solution: two skinny tunnels pretending to be a bargain while engineers dream of Thanksgiving-sized ducts carrying floodwater. Sorry Houston, you can’t just add more tubes like putting extra cheese on a bad pizza.

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Mockingbird News

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Houston’s flooding drama now starring Elon’s 12-foot tunnels—proof that when it comes to solving climate woes, size still matters.

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Musk says 'just add more tunnels' like he’s building Legos underwater, ignoring that each one costs a mint and maintenance bills your great-grandkids will pay.

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