tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263129089232513980.post5873645387957199600..comments2023-04-04T17:49:05.094+10:00Comments on The Oil Drum - ANZ: Public Planning and Policy Post Petroleum – PIA NO. 6 FinaleBig Gavhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00682404837426502876noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263129089232513980.post-77880618444819176022011-02-13T15:53:46.126+11:002011-02-13T15:53:46.126+11:00I am tired of the memes that dominate the media.
L...I am tired of the memes that dominate the media.<br />Let us try to be creative.<br />Let us build a railway right around Australia.<br />Let this railway be 200m guage. Yes, I mean 200m between the rails.<br />Let the rails be made to carry three tiers of "locomotives", one above the other.<br />Further, let the rails also be conduits for energy, water and fibre optic communications. Yes, I mean they are not your bog standard steel rail. <br />Let all Australia's produce be grown between the rails.(OK sceptic, how do You propose to grow wheat without oil?)<br />Let the entire rail system be powered by energy harvested from the environment. <br />The bottom "locomotive" is the agricultural one. It is responsible for agriculture on a section of the line. <br />The second tier is the shuttle to match speeds with the top loco for transfers.<br />The top loco is on a continuous run. It never stops. It is on legs and I see it 50m in the air running on boggies. (Boggie is a technical term.)<br />The top Loco is naturally 200 m wide, and as long as we please. Now that is a lot of real estate. It could be a City in it's own right. With no need of transport. It IS the transport.<br /> With no need for fossil fuel.<br />Zero.Chaucerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07658579849524202064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263129089232513980.post-55862042551545760792011-02-10T21:31:41.286+11:002011-02-10T21:31:41.286+11:00TreeHugger has a summary of the PIA series and lin...TreeHugger has a summary of the PIA series and links to all of SP's posts :<br /><br />http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/02/car-dependent-suburbs-slums-of-the-future.phpBig Gavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00682404837426502876noreply@blogger.com