RUNNER UP IN THE 2008 ST. ANDREW’S PRIZE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT COMPETITIONRUNNER UP IN THE 2008 ST. ANDREW’S PRIZE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT COMPETITION

FOOD AND FREIGHT TRANSPORTFOOD AND FREIGHT TRANSPORTFOOD AND FREIGHT TRANSPORTFOOD AND FREIGHT TRANSPORT

LIGHTWEIGHT, UNDERGROUNDLIGHTWEIGHT, UNDERGROUNDLIGHTWEIGHT, UNDERGROUNDLIGHTWEIGHT, UNDERGROUND

RAPID, PIPELINE-CAPSULERAPID, PIPELINE-CAPSULERAPID, PIPELINE-CAPSULERAPID, PIPELINE-CAPSULE

ROAD HAULAGE COSTS

AT A FRACTION OF

CARRYING GOODS IN AND WASTE OUT

REDUCES ANNUAL CO2 BY 8%

IS FTUBES NOVEL?

YES ! – FTUBES USES UNIQUE

FREE-FLOW-PIPES TECHNOLOGY

& computer-control software

to enable

“The Transport Internet”

The Cargo-Capsules weigh 1/50th of equivalent trucks

and use only 10% of the energy.

Trucks waste 92% of their diesel to move their own weight.

In all conditions – day or night…

Delivery can be guaranteed

Food freight uses 25% of all

trucks and vans

on the roads and railways.

Croydon, LONDON, UK – 130,000 households.

AN 80 Km LOOP WILL REDUCE CROYDON’S DAILY GRIDLOCKS.AN 80 Km LOOP WILL REDUCE CROYDON’S DAILY GRIDLOCKS.

EASY START

THE FIRST FTUBE CIRCUITS MAY BE SURFACE LOOPS

SUPPORTINGCORPORATE EXPLORATION

IN REMOTE REGIONS.

FTUBES are more eco-friendly and economic

than road building.

Next - circuits will supply supermarkets in Europe and America.

CIVIL ENGINEERING

LAYING PIPES IS EASIER & CHEAPER THAN CONTINUALLY REPAIRING

DAMAGED ROADS AND TRACKS.

Globally, there are about 1 million kilometres of wide-bore water, oil and gas pipes

City of London, UK.

NO-DIG TECHNOLOGY

MODERN 2009/10METHODS

LAY PIPES IN CITIES

WITH LITTLESURFACE

DISRUPTION.

FTUBES

uses lightweight capsules

2 metres (6ft) long x 1 metre (3ft) high;

propelled by …Linear Induction Motors

at 5 kph to 100 kph

Linear InductionMotor. A LIM

is an electric motor

flattened out.

Instead of goinground & round;

it pushes thingsforwards (and

backwards)

LIMs arevery reliable& powerful.

0 to 100 kph.in 2.2 secs

LIMs are used in exciting

ways.

LIMs are used in exciting

ways.

FTUBES HAS DONE ITS SUMS.

5 million homes - Greater London - financial model.

Annual Revenues $2.3 Billion - Profits $1.7 Billion

$5 per cargo-capsule journey.

70% net profits - IRR 22.35%

24 hours – 7 days a week – 360 days a year.

London CO2 saved: 10.7 million tonnes

A solid-state, long-term, infrastructure investment.

SEE THE MODEL ON-LINE: GOOGLE “FOODTUBES”

FTUBES is electrically powered.

all the electricity can eventually be

produced by clean, green, lean energy

technologies:

WIND, WATER, WAVE, SOLAR, GEO-THERMAL etc.

FTUBES clear the roads.

FTUBES clear the roads.

THE FOODTUBES PROJECT, OXFORD, UK.

GOOGLE “FOODTUBES”

Co-ordinator – Noel HODSON

noel@noelhodson.com Tel +44 1865 760994

Technical director - Professor FW Taylor

Physics, Oxford.

f.taylor@physics.ox.ac.uk

Financial – Project Team - Engineering

http://www.noelhodson.com/index_files/ftubesfinancials_28Sep07_v15.xls

http://www.noelhodson.com/index_files/foodtubes-project-team.htm

http://www.noelhodson.com/index_files/Foodtubes-pipelaying-1dec09.pdf