They have human drivers so they are expensive. The drivers are
often surly...
A slur such as 'surly' surely does not apply to the great majority
of drivers.
I know I've already mentioned Evacuated Tube Transports in another topic
(similar to SwissMetro), but I feel the benefits of such a system have not
been fully realized.
ETT could easily be built with current existing technologies, its just a
matter of engineering, and gathering resources
Vorl Bek vorl@antichef.com wrote:
A slur such as 'surly' surely does not apply to the great majority
of drivers.
Perhaps you have not taken many taxies in Atlanta or New York City.
- Jed
Drowning Trout drowningtro...@gmail.com wrote:
-Assuming a straight global backbone ET3 track, the speeds could reach up
to 2000mph . . .
I think that is a really, really bad idea. If something goes wrong with the
control system for few milliseconds, the train would collide with the wall
and
Von: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com
An: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Gesendet: 22:48 Freitag, 6.April 2012
Betreff: Re: [Vo]:Future transportation with cold fusion and robots
I think that is a really, really bad idea.
The reason I'm not very sympathetic
I wrote:
VTOL aircraft traffic can be high density and eventually it will be fully
automated.
Conventional fossil fuel VTOL can have higher traffic density than regular
aircraft because the aircraft can slow down or hover before landing,
whereas regular airplanes have to keep moving in a
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