Jack Smith wrote: Also, push now for commuter rail so we have some way to get around when the Straits of Hormuz are blocked and every pipeline in the Middle East is blown up...
Hoyt Stearns wrote: Push now for PRT (Personal Rapid Transit): http://faculty.washington.edu/jbs/itrans/prtquick.htm instead! Hi Hoyt, Great idea! We need to do all sorts of things -- NOW http://faculty.washington.edu/jbs/itrans/prtquick.htm ``Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) or Personal Automated Transport (PAT) Quicklinks Note: Some people are beginning to use the term Personal Automated Transport (PAT) instead of PRT which is more commonly used. Both terms refer to the same set of ideas and are used interchangably on this page. It will probably be some time before one or the other of these names becomes the preferred term. This is a collection of links to a variety of Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) technologies. These are all small vehicle technologies, designed to carry four or fewer people on an elevated guideway with off-line stations. Larger automated systems (Group Rapid Transit - GRT) have not been included here. Only one of these technologies (ULTra) is currently (May, 2007) being built at Heathrow International Airport in the U.K. Vectus PRT has an operating test track in Uppsala, Sweden. Several others are active and receiving significant attention. Others are more or less dormant, still searching for development funding. Lastly, some PRT system descriptions are included for their historical interest ...'' Ed Storms wrote: ``Actually, using CO2 from burning coal to make biofuel is not carbon neutral unless the resulting biomass is never burned.'' Hi Ed, Although the preponderance of evidence is for global warming, the causes are not clear to me. But I support all oil replacement measures advocated by proponents of human-caused global warming. Doing the right thing for the wrong reasons is risky business, but not wanting my grandsons drafted to fight in the Kazakh War of 2020 trumps everything else as far as I'm concerned. This meqns I support all measures in addition to the above which will get us off Middle Eastern and Central Asian Oil. When the Yellowstone super volcano erupts, enormous amounts of CO2 will go into the atmoshere, hardly making a dent in the carbon contained deep in the Earth. In other words, I'm for a short term approach to secure US national security and the security of all our families because it very difficult to see into the future. We CAN see the doom to which the Oil Gang is leading us. Jack Smith
