Jury is out !
Sure Hyperloop tansport system can remove cars from the
roads and reduce air pollution
But Hyperloops will need huge amount of electricity to
,
* Create partial
vacuum inside those huge tubes ( in order to reduce air friction )
* Create
Magnetism in rails ( MegLev ) to propel those pods along at 300 MPH
If this electricity is going to come from coal-based
power plants, things won’t improve !
India is “ planning “ as many as 5 Hyperloop systems
Extract :
In February, Branson signed a preliminary
agreement in Mumbai for a broad hyperloop framework and mooted a Mumbai-Pune
system that would shrink travel time to 25 minutes and save about three hours.
The first Indian commercial hyperloop between the
two cities is targeted to roll by 2025, two years after India aims to complete
its maiden bullet train project linking the commercial hubs of Mumbai and
Ahmedabad.
An economy seat on a flight from Pune to Mumbai a week from now would cost about 10,000 rupees ($150), while the first-class train fare for the 90-kilometer (56-mile) trip is about 1,165 rupees.
An economy seat on a flight from Pune to Mumbai a week from now would cost about 10,000 rupees ($150), while the first-class train fare for the 90-kilometer (56-mile) trip is about 1,165 rupees.
These are very
ambitious projects , considering that , as of today , there is not a single
Hyperloop system which is operational anywhere in the entire world !
Not even the
proposed “ underground “ Hyperloop of Elon Musk’s Boring Company which is still
“ experimenting “ with a TRIAL STRETCH in California
But such BOLD /
OUT of the BOX thinking is what we desperately need , considering that our
entire TRANSPORT system has become out-dated
Constructing
highways with embedded Solar Panels or with INDUCTIVE charging of passing
Electric Vehicles , is an idea which falls in the same league as Hyperloops
Except that , in
this technological innovation , there has been far more “ real life “
experimentation and several “ experimental “ highway stretches , around the
World
Find one example
at :
In an earlier blog , I had suggested that the
Maharashtra Government consider this technology for its proposed 705 km long
Mumbai-Pune Super Highway
This project has been criticized by its opponents by
saying :
“ It is a
criminal waste of Rs 46,000 crore , in
order to reduce Mumbai-Nagpur travel distance by a mere 26 km as compared with
today’s available route “
For more about likely “ fate “ of Mumbai – Nagpur Super Highway , read :
On top of that , Government plans to charge a toll of
Rs 2.5 per km for cars
That is , Rs 1,762 / - for 705 Km
But if this Mumbai – Nagpur project authority were to
pay to the car owner , Rs 1,762 per trip by way of a “ REVERSE TOLL “ , then what
happens ?
Read :
07 July 2018
www.hemenparekh.in
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