Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Let Utah Usher in the Future of Transportation

  Why not Utah beat Elon Musk. or follow right after him, creating a fast-shooting transit system that crisscrosses the state?
   Musk's "Hyperloop" is to run from Los Angeles to where, Sacramento? As I understand it -- if I do understand it correctly -- most of the air will be vacuumed out of the tube, leaving little resistance and enabling the train to achieve extremely high speeds.
   Why not do this in Utah? Why wait? Why not have one transit run the length of the state, from Logan to St. George? And, another crossing from Vernal to Wendover. And, another from St. George to Blanding (or Green River). And one from Provo to Blanding. And, a final one from Tremonton to Ogden.
   Here's another thought: What about vacuum tubes that could accommodate cars? Could the cars be sealed tightly as they entered the tunnels? There are two frictions cars face, one being the wind and the other the road. Having vacuum tunnels would take away most of the wind (depending on how airless you could make them), but that would leave the friction of the road. As the cars were placed in the tunnels, could they they be fitted with steel wheels over the existing rubber tires, and ran on rails? Would that cut down on the friction?
   More: Could the rails feed electricity into a small motor mechanism that could be attached to the wheels, thus, converting the car to electricity for the trip through the hypertunnel? I think of the small electric slot cars and electric trains we all once got for Christmas. Would such cars work if large-as-life and how fast could they shoot if placed in vacuum tubes?
  Or, would we have to refit the cars with something other than wheels, and the surface be made of something other than tracks if we are to properly cut down of friction? However we do it, I believe we could create a fast-flying car. When you came to the Utah border, you could get your car fitted for the high-speed chase across the state.
  Why wait for Elon Musk and others to create the transportation of the future? Why not step ahead of everyone and ahead of every other place in the nation?
  Elon Musk is proving that these type of things can be done. I see no reason for us to sit, waiting for others to do these things. Bring the future to Utah. Bring the future to us.  Indeed, let us be the future.
  People would come to Utah, just for the experience of traveling across it.

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