BRAWNDO Posted June 1, 2013 Posted June 1, 2013 Interesting way to travel, 4000 mph NYC to LA in 45 mins. I always wondered what it would be like to go for a ride in the tube at the drive thru teller.
Jim in Anchorage Posted June 1, 2013 Posted June 1, 2013 Interesting way to travel, 4000 mph NYC to LA in 45 mins. I always wondered what it would be like to go for a ride in the tube at the drive thru teller. link?
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 1, 2013 Posted June 1, 2013 This is wild... With automated switiching, two tubes could act like a 32 lane freeway... Really? Just imagine what this would do for commuting. One could live anywhere and work somewhere else... I would be cease to be exiled!
The Poojer Posted June 1, 2013 Posted June 1, 2013 i'd freak out being in such a confined space....no thanks....
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 1, 2013 Posted June 1, 2013 i'd freak out being in such a confined space....no thanks.... That is what they make Valium and a shot Jack Daniels for...
The Poojer Posted June 1, 2013 Posted June 1, 2013 after reading it it seems a bit better but still being in that tube would be a bit unsettling for me, but hey, as you said, there are 'helpers' That is what they make Valium and a shot Jack Daniels for...
Chef Jim Posted June 1, 2013 Posted June 1, 2013 It will never replace jet travel. Look at a flight map of all the planes in the air sometime. The earth would need to be covered with tubes.
BuffaloBill Posted June 1, 2013 Posted June 1, 2013 It will never replace jet travel. Look at a flight map of all the planes in the air sometime. The earth would need to be covered with tubes. More options for graffiti and infrastructure decay. Not to mention as you are zipping along in one of these things what if there is catastrophic destruction of some part of the tube? Say a good twister blows it apart.... What happens to your speeding little pod then?
Doc Posted June 1, 2013 Posted June 1, 2013 This has no chance of happening. The amount of money it would take to just have a tube from NY to LA would be astronomical.
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 2, 2013 Posted June 2, 2013 This has no chance of happening. The amount of money it would take to just have a tube from NY to LA would be astronomical. There is a freeway from NYC to LA... They claim that it costs 1/4 of what a freeway costs... And 1/10 of what high speed rail. A two tube system with active switching would equal a 32 lane freeway. It will never replace jet travel. Look at a flight map of all the planes in the air sometime. The earth would need to be covered with tubes. 2 tubes = 32 lanes of freeway... What about underground/underwater? Of course more money... More options for graffiti and infrastructure decay. Not to mention as you are zipping along in one of these things what if there is catastrophic destruction of some part of the tube? Say a good twister blows it apart.... What happens to your speeding little pod then? Computers in some far off (and safer locale) will advert it?
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 2, 2013 Posted June 2, 2013 INJURED??? Call 1-888-BAD-TUBE I was thinking that... But really... I bet it can be really safe and secure than say rail or plane! Computers would do everything! We thought that way about cars years ago and breakdowns, repairs, tune ups... Look how far they go now without even touching anything. I would think this would be very safe travel even know it looks very vulnerable...
BillsFanM.D. Posted June 2, 2013 Posted June 2, 2013 INJURED??? Call 1-888-BAD-TUBE That's outstanding.
Philly McButterpants Posted June 2, 2013 Posted June 2, 2013 How do they compensate for the g-forces generated by 4000 mph travel? Acceleration, turns, stopping would turn a passenger into goop...
Chef Jim Posted June 2, 2013 Posted June 2, 2013 2 tubes = 32 lanes of freeway... What about underground/underwater? Of course more money... 32 lanes all going to and from point A to point B. If I fly from SF to Buff I usually take a plane that stops in Chicago, Detroit, Las Vegas etc and then take a plane from there to Buff. There are no non-stop flights from the west coast to Buffalo. So let's say every trip from the west coast to Buffalo goes to Chicago first. So there is one tube from Chicago to Buffalo. Great, but how many tubes go to Chicago. Well count all the airports west of the Mississippi and there would be at least that many tubes going into Chicago. What an ugly mess that would be.
Doc Posted June 2, 2013 Posted June 2, 2013 There is a freeway from NYC to LA... They claim that it costs 1/4 of what a freeway costs... And 1/10 of what high speed rail. The "freewa from NYC to LA" was built earlier in the 20th century. They say that if America's highways were being built today, they'd never have been finished because of costs.
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 2, 2013 Posted June 2, 2013 32 lanes all going to and from point A to point B. If I fly from SF to Buff I usually take a plane that stops in Chicago, Detroit, Las Vegas etc and then take a plane from there to Buff. There are no non-stop flights from the west coast to Buffalo. So let's say every trip from the west coast to Buffalo goes to Chicago first. So there is one tube from Chicago to Buffalo. Great, but how many tubes go to Chicago. Well count all the airports west of the Mississippi and there would be at least that many tubes going into Chicago. What an ugly mess that would be. Get the tubes to follow existing freeways. I am not really pro or con... But it has to be better than rail? Heck, it is the same principle... Instead of laying track, they laying tubes.
DC Tom Posted June 2, 2013 Posted June 2, 2013 Oops sorry about that http://www.et3.com/ Is the irony intentional?
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