[sustran] [sustran] Re: FW: H*elp the Shell Foundation to do good with their new Sustainability

[Konstantinos Tsourlakis]

Do you have any data (cost,efficiency,public acceptance e.t.c.) about any 
real implementation of such a system (ETT, ULPV, PRT e.t.c.), because in 
order to make a fair comparision one has to put actual figures (e.g. of 
rail systems) next to actual figures (of other systems) and not only plans

and estimations

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>Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 00:49:30 -0700
>From: "Daryl Oster" <et3 at fx2.com>
>Subject: [sustran] Re: FW: H*elp the Shell Foundation to do good with
their new Sustainability
>
>Planning Sustainable, High Benefit To Cost Transportation.
>Copyright '01, Daryl Oster, Crystal River FL
>
>The automobile and airplane result in prosperity, that is not
sustainable.
>Experts see oil production peaking around 2010
(http://www.hubbertpeak.com).
>The sustainability movement is based on observations that traditional
>planning yields: global warming, acid storm runoff, wildlife harm, bad
air,
>noise, accidents, crumbling infrastructure, and congestion. A new quantum
>leap is needed.
>
>Advocating a return to old ways is popular.  Rail systems are being
proposed
>as sustainable transportation. Trains are appropriate vehicles to move
>elephant sized cargo, not humans; http://www.publicpurpose.com displays
the
>failure of rail.
>
>Bicycles are sustainable, but weather exposure, meager speed and pathetic
>capacity limit use; so the car gains ground.  The "sustainable
communities",
>and "smart growth" initiatives, are also bids to return to old ways. 
They
>oppose social expectations of expanding affluence, limiting success.
>
>Evacuated Tube Transport (ETT), Ultra Low Power Vehicles (ULPV), and
>Personal Rapid Transport (PRT) are sustainable transportation
technologies
>that do not challenge social momentum.
>ETT is:
>* FAST - to 500 kph for regional use, (6000 kph international).
>* CONVENIENT- runs continuously without delays.
>* EFFICIENT- a human powered ETT can achieve 500kph.
>* CLEAN- environmentally benign using renewable energy.
>* SAFE- isolated guideway eliminates collisions in any weather.
>* ACHIEVABLE- equipment exists to build ETT with common components.
>* SCALEABLE - capacity can be inexpensively added as demand grows.
>The automated, silent ETT works by removing resistance. Ultra
lightweight,
>pressurized cabins travel in tubes on thin steel wheels, or P-MagLev.  No
>air is in the tube to cause resistance.  Acceleration energy is recovered
>when slowing.(See http://www.et3.com/intro.htm )
>
>ULPVs are:
>* Under 5kw to minimize energy use and emissions.
>* Under 100kg to maximize acceleration, and minimize material use.
>* Enclosed for usability in varying conditions.
>* Streamlined to reach highway speeds.
>* Narrow - double lane capacity with a stripe.
>* Low cost without subsidies.
>* fit in ETT capsules for fast, distant travel with personal transport
>convenience.
>
>Automated PRT costs 10% to build and operate verses light rail, and is
twice
>as fast. (http://www.artwerkz.com/h/ links to other PRT here as well)
>
>Government and industry must achieve public purpose at minimum cost.
>Proposals must be compared on a benefit to cost basis;  and show capital
and
>energy costs for use factors from 5% up to maximum capacity.  This will
show
>relative risk if use fails expectations.
>
>Failure to implement high benefit to cost technologies will result in
>moribund economies, degrading environment, starvation, and war, as people
>struggle to survive without cheap energy.
>
>For a sustainable transportation plan to succeed short term it must
offer;
>improved convenience, capacity, and speed at lower cost.  For long term,
it
>must specify systems that offer a tenfold improvement in energy
efficiency,
>and improve environmental conditions with tenfold reduction in emissions.
>
>Planning and funding a sustainable transit initiative using the
appropriate
>application of high cost to benefit technologies like ETT, ULPV, and PRT
>will yield results unobtainable any other way.
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>Best Regards,
>
>Daryl Oster, CEO et3.com Inc.
>
>*******************************************
>Web Site: http://www.et3.com      (also .org and .net)
>e-mail to:et3 at fx2.com
>s-mail to: P.O. Box 1423, Crystal River FL 34423-1423
>Phone: (352)797-5415 (Mobile 257-8337)
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