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- Are you interested in becoming an organizer in your area?
- Maybe--But Not Sure What to Organize
- Tell us about your experience with alternative energy:
- Have been interested in alternative energy i.e., solar and wind energy since the 1970's.
- What excites you about this campaign?
- I heard an interview on Science Friday on NPR that if Americans harnessed the wind energy of just 3 states in the mid-west we could power all of our industrial and domestic energy needs. Once safe electrical cars are developed, we could just plug them in and recharge them with wind energy. Isn't that just a wonderful thought?
- What do you want to do to help?
- Talk with people, tell my friends, do as much as I am able.
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Hi Daryl, Thanks for explaining the concepts more and answering my questions. It just sounds fascinating! What can one person do to help you with your project?
The company et3.com Inc. is consortium that is open to any individual or company to get involved with ETT implementation to what ever extent they desire and are able to. While we believe that anyone can help, we also recognize that only a small percentage of the population has the contacts, skills, IP, or production assets that are needed most at this point in ETT implementation.
Some desire to help by telling others about ETT (either in writing or speech), some with appropriate credentials are helping by confirming the credibility of our work, others want to improve the IP, still others may have underutilized production assets that could be applied to ETT production.
We welcome any help, one need not be a licensee, however we do not compensate a
non-licensee for voluntary help.
"why hasn't this gotten off the ground in a big, big, big way? By the way, what are the dangers of traveling at those kinds of speeds? How do these capsules keep from running into each other?"
1) ETT is being implemented in Asia, we are about 5 years behind them now but could quickly pass them up as the programs in Asia are meager (from what i have seen from the photos they have sent since our last visits to the projects). For the reason it is not being implemented here-- everyone reading this, ask your self why you are not doing anything about making it happen??
2) Initial ETT will travel at 350mph, at that speed the Kinetic Energy (KE is potential for damage) of a capsule is less than half the KEof a 40ton truck moving 70mph on the freeway. Speeds will gradually be developed to higher speeds as longer routes are built so the dangers can be managed (the KE of a capsule at 4000mph = 50 trucks worth). Remember that tibe (pipeline) transportation is already highly proven to be far less risk of loss than road or rail transport for liquid and compressed gas cargos -- moving over a third of all ton-miles in the US -- with less than 1/100th the loss.
3) All vehicles travel at exactly the same speed. There are small linear motor/generators positioned periodically in the tubes to strictly enforce the exact speed and therefore the spacing between capsules to less than an inch variation through out the trip. automated redundant sensors, computers and controllers are more MUCH more accurate and reliable than human operators --this is highly proven in industrial automation processes.
Here is how you find the link I sent.
Click on my name. That'll take you to my page.
On the left side of the page, scroll down, you'll see a section called "my discussions"... at the bottom of that, on the right, you'll see the words "view all"
Click that, and then click the one titled "simple things to do to use less energy." (or something close to that... i may have remembered the title incorrectly.)
Keep up your interest and support of the plan.
-mg
I got your name from the "live carbon free" group... I'm a member of that group as well. I'm personally interested in doing what I can on my own to reduce my energy use.
I live in an apartment (so solar panels and a tankless water heater are out of the question) and I play drums for a living (so public transportation is difficult... try loading a drumset onto a bus or train, especially after a late-night gig) and I dont at the moment have the money for a new more efficient car.
HOWEVER, I've been doing a bunch of research on how to help. I believe that we are all faced with hundreds of little decisions every day... making easy choices can reduce our energy use, (and therefore our oil consumption)... and side benefits include lower energy bills, higher gas mileage in any car, and a healthier lifestyle.
I wrote a blog entry about it here http://push.pickensplan.com/forum/topic/show?id=2187034%3ATopic%3A193424
If you have a moment, check it out, drop me a line, let me know what you think. I appreciate any advice, input, and ideas.