MissingChico
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04-26-12 05:11 PM - Post#148479
I've stumbled across this company a couple times and would love to see something like this work. If their marketing is correct, this is pretty impressive stuff. ET3 capsules weigh only 183 kg (400 lbs), yet like an automobile, can carry up to six people or 367 kg (800 lbs) of cargo. Compared to high speed rail, ET3 needs only 1/20th the material to build because the vehicles are so light. With automated passive switching, a pair of ET3 tubes can exceed the capacity of a 32 lane freeway. ET3 can be built for 1/10th the cost of High Speed Rail, or 1/4th the cost of a freeway.
http://www.et3.com/
Good video
http://www.wimp.com/tubetransport/
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lostyankee
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04-26-12 05:52 PM - Post#148488
In response to MissingChico
Oh heck yeah... that's cool. Kinda reminds me of what I dreamed we'd be doing by now.
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MissingChico
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04-27-12 07:30 AM - Post#148510
In response to lostyankee
I would have to agree. I hope to see something like this within my lifetime. I really wish we had the drive as a country that we did under JFK. This is completely do-able, and so much less expensive than a freeway or rail line. I wonder how a larger version big enough to accommodate a car in one of the tubes would work. Just hop in the car and a few hours later, cruise the Autobahn or travel Asia. This is pretty exciting stuff.
I could order takeout from my favorite street vendor in Thailand. A patient could be transported to the best med center across the country in minutes rather than hours. The potential is limitless. Alright, enough daydreaming, back to work.
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Edited by MissingChico on 04-27-12 07:42 AM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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Don4
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04-27-12 10:24 AM - Post#148518
In response to MissingChico
(caution... humor ahead)
if it ever had an accident, they'd rename it the Superconducting Super Collider . 
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Jimi Ray Clapton
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04-27-12 10:26 AM - Post#148521
In response to Don4
Wow. That is too cool. It seems to me that there has to be a future in this kind of technology.
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phantomcobra
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05-15-12 04:17 PM - Post#149456
In response to MissingChico
Would be nice. And I agree it needs to be large enough to accommodate an auto. I'm sure it would/could not go everywhere so you'd need transportation from the exit point to where you wanted to go. For instance it may go from San Francisco to Dallas but if you wanted to get to Texarkana, you'd need additional transportation so bringing your own car would be ideal. I can't see these going everywhere, just main hubs. The chance of computer malfunction in a system that had 50 million stops would be huge. But if they just had say 50 locations (in the USA), it would be more easily administered, tracked and be able to afford backup systems. Cool idea tho!
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