Reply To: Wealth of Nations, and Economics of Abundance

[Glenn Millam]

Lerner wrote: RAND did a study back 30 years ago showing you could get from NY to LA in 30 minutes with evacuated maglev and the energy costs would be very small, because you would feed energy back into the grid as you decelerated the train electromagnetically and there would be almost no friction.

Now that’s what I am talking about. That would be awesome, and green at the same time. What is the speed we are talking about? 9500 kph? Or over 10,000 in a ramped bell-curved “flight-plan” to reduce G’s? That would be a rush! (Might have to test people for heart conditions prior to riding!)

Building it would be great for the economy, as it wouldn’t be just be for an east coast-west coast route but part of a complete network, and would use materials and technologies domestically and world-wide. The idea of it being underground also works on so many levels. It lowers the impact on the environment, hides the sound, makes riding it more of a spectacle. Focus fusion could be what’s needed to make it a reality. I really feel that focus fusion will be a catalyst for all sorts of new things.