http://www.futuristspeaker.com/2008/05/2050-and-the-future-of-transportation/ Challenging your thinking, pushing your imagination, creating the future Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:32:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.futuristspeaker.com/2008/05/2050-and-the-future-of-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-3459 Alan Klees Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:45:47 +0000 http://www.futuristspeaker.com/?p=320#comment-3459 I have about 1 million miles behind the wheel of a commercial motor vehicle. I do not see how heavy freight will be moved without highways. A big truck now can carry about 45,000 lbs of freight easily to any location. This is an incredible technology. Our road system, though in disrepair in some spots, is a technological wonder. If you have ever driven the West Virginia Turnpike for the first time, you will see what I mean. We have come along way from the time when this movement was a travail for our pioneer ancestors. What we have is not bad! For several years I have been working on alternative transportation systems. I have seen the weaknesses of our system. We do not have a "back-up" transportation system. This is a mistake. The gridlock of LA is an example. Gas Wars may be a bigger problem. What is most easily forgiven in human behavior I think is shortsightedness. You may recall the story of Henry Ford having to knock down a wall to extricate his car from the first garage. In some ways I think people are smarter now. There is bad judgment everywhere if you look close enough with information not available when judgment is made. HR 1260 Patent Reform is a bad idea. "First to file" will kill entrepreneurship in America. I am interested in working on transportation problems. I have experience inventing and problem-solving. I am self taught in higher math, everything beyond trade/tech school algebra. I am looking only for credit for my ideas--if they are viable. I have no expectation of even preserving this desire. I have given up on trying to patent an invention at the present time. I have about 1 million miles behind the wheel of a commercial motor vehicle. I do not see how heavy freight will be moved without highways. A big truck now can carry about 45,000 lbs of freight easily to any location. This is an incredible technology. Our road system, though in disrepair in some spots, is a technological wonder. If you have ever driven the West Virginia Turnpike for the first time, you will see what I mean. We have come along way from the time when this movement was a travail for our pioneer ancestors. What we have is not bad!
For several years I have been working on alternative transportation systems. I have seen the weaknesses of our system. We do not have a “back-up” transportation system. This is a mistake. The gridlock of LA is an example. Gas Wars may be a bigger problem.
What is most easily forgiven in human behavior I think is shortsightedness. You may recall the story of Henry Ford having to knock down a wall to extricate his car from the first garage. In some ways I think people are smarter now. There is bad judgment everywhere if you look close enough with information not available when judgment is made.
HR 1260 Patent Reform is a bad idea. “First to file” will kill entrepreneurship in America.
I am interested in working on transportation problems. I have experience inventing and problem-solving. I am self taught in higher math, everything beyond trade/tech school algebra. I am looking only for credit for my ideas–if they are viable. I have no expectation of even preserving this desire. I have given up on trying to patent an invention at the present time.

]]> http://www.futuristspeaker.com/2008/05/2050-and-the-future-of-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-2910 Amitabha Mukhopadhyay Sun, 24 May 2009 05:45:08 +0000 http://www.futuristspeaker.com/?p=320#comment-2910 Well it appears the line of thinking in this article on future transportation systems has striking similarities with my line of thinking given in a science fiction novel MEGALOPOLIS ONE 2080 A.D. only difference being the emergence of hydrogen as fuel of tomorrow.The vtol aircraft fully automatically piloted as well as automatically driven automobiles running on magnetic strips and sensors completes the picture. So for a glimpse into the world of future transportation system please visit http://www.eloquentbooks.com/MegalopolisOne2080AD.html Well it appears the line of thinking in this article on future transportation systems has striking similarities with my line of thinking given in a science fiction novel MEGALOPOLIS ONE 2080 A.D. only difference being the emergence of hydrogen as fuel of tomorrow.The vtol aircraft fully automatically piloted as well as automatically driven automobiles running on magnetic strips and sensors completes the picture. So for a glimpse into the world of future transportation system please visit http://www.eloquentbooks.com/MegalopolisOne2080AD.html

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