Environmental Leader

as previously stated bush screwed up invading iraq to put more oil on the world market.this was chaney and bushes response to the us energy problem and a failure.bush chaney will be held accountable as the senate starts investigation.obamas bill states there will be oil tax cuts and revenues applied to alternative forms of energy. including upgrading a failed us car manfacturing industry.these last 8 yrs bush/chaney will be held financially accountable for their decisions.there will be zero rest on the bush ranch as he is a failure and forward looking policies are put in place by the usa’s legitimately elected leader.
republicans will be held accountable as they have lost seats and power for their failure.and all ceos will fly straight as their lobbying will no longer work
sustainable energy is the answer as sustainable guy stated more than 9 yrs ago.ps. its probably time for fred smith to upgrade his term paper from 30 yrs ago as his idiot fool college professor only gave fred a “c” for his overnight express term paper.

sustainable guy | February 26th, 2009

Evacuated Tube Transport (ETT) offers the enormous benefits of frictionless “Space Travel on Earth” for everyone to enjoy at any time. The first nations to leverage ETT will trigger and ride a wave of unprecedented global prosperity. ETT will: eliminate oil reliance, enhance global security, green the earth, invigorate stagnant industries, and net millions of high paying jobs. Most importantly, ETT will stimulate the global economy by availing an extremely high return on investment (ROI) for companies who build it.

How ETT works: ETT is a patented technology where travel occurs without air resistance or rolling resistance. ETT can accomplish fifty times more transportation per kWh than electric cars or trains. ETT is silent, ultra safe, faster than jets, and is electric. Air is permanently removed from two five foot diameter tubes built along a travel route. ETT is not pneumatic tube transport commonly used at drive-up banks. Car-sized passenger/cargo capsules travel in the tubes on frictionless maglev. Airlocks at stations allow transfer without admitting air. Linear motors safely accelerate the capsules, for most of the trip they coast through the vacuum without using additional energy. Acceleration energy is recovered by using linear generators to decelerate the capsules. ETT will eventually serve most homes.

ETT is networked like freeways, the capsules are automatically routed like internet traffic, yet a capsule can exit at any desired branch. Speeds of 350 mph for in-state use will develop to 4,000 mph for cross country (45 min. from NYC to LA) and global travel. Empty ETT capsules weigh 400 lbs yet can accommodate six people or three pallets of cargo. Guideways to support ETT capsules require 1/20th the material needed to support trains. Material efficiency and automated production will drop cost to less than 1/10th that of High Speed Rail, or 1/4th that of freeways. Automated switching allows a 350mph ETT route to exceed the capacity of a 32 lane freeway, producing further economy.

The opportunity: ETT value will produce ROI high enough to guarantee private investment. ETT benefits will compound for generations. Collectively companies have invested billions developing ETT (though most are yet unaware of it); for instance, many companies currently produce the hardware and software necessary to build and automate ETT. The technology is owned by et3.com Inc., an open and growing consortium of licensees. These companies and individuals collectively network, and leverage their assets to implement, manage, and improve, ETT.

Private investment of $500B in optimally placed ETT routes will displace up to half of US transportation. The manifold annual return on this investment will include: direct savings of $1.4T (includes energy), time savings of $625B, environmental benefits over $200B, security $70B (saves cost of protecting oil assets), 20,000 lives saved, and reduces uninsured losses. This totals almost $2.3T/yr. Secondary benefits include: economic expansion, better distribution of commodities, improved global standard of living, and accessibility to education and markets to mention only a few.

Building a 14,500 mile ETT backbone from New York to London (via Alaska, China, India, and Europe) for less than $1T would capture 10% of the $8.5T global transportation pie by connecting major population and production centers. Traveling from New York City to Beijing in two hours on ETT (with a comparable fare to flying) would yield 90% profit margin. This allows greatly reduced transportation cost. In less than a generation the ETT network expansion could capture a majority of earth transportation, with potential to grow to over $30T/yr. present value.

China recognizes the immense value of ETT and holds a five-year advantage over the US in its implementation. Instead of waiting for others, we have a patriotic duty to leverage our IP advantage and be the first nation to commercialize ETT leading the world out of the present global economic crisis. We can boldly create unprecedented environmental, social, and economic returns through ETT. This will usher in an age of global prosperity for many generations. The United States will enjoy enormous profit by providing transportation, like Saudi Arabia sells oil.

Daryl Oster | June 1st, 2009