RUNNER UP IN THE 2008 ST. ANDREW’S PRIZE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT COMPETITION FOOD AND FREIGHT...
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RUNNER UP IN THE 2008 ST. ANDREW’S PRIZE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT COMPETITION FOOD AND FREIGHT TRANSPORT FOOD AND FREIGHT TRANSPORT LIGHTWEIGHT, UNDERGROUND LIGHTWEIGHT, UNDERGROUND RAPID, PIPELINE-CAPSULE RAPID, PIPELINE-CAPSULE ROAD HAULAGE COSTS AT A FRACTION OF CARRYING GOODS IN AND WASTE OUT REDUCES ANNUAL CO 2 BY 8%
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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
[email protected] Tel +44 1865 760994
Technical director - Professor FW Taylor
Physics, Oxford.
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
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