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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%
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IS FTUBES NOVEL?
YES ! – FTUBES USES UNIQUE
FREE-FLOW-PIPES TECHNOLOGY
& computer-control software
to enable
“The Transport Internet”
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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.
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In all conditions – day or night…
Delivery can be guaranteed
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Food freight uses 25% of all
trucks and vans
on the roads and railways.
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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.
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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.
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Next - circuits will supply supermarkets in Europe and America.
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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.
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NO-DIG TECHNOLOGY
MODERN 2009/10METHODS
LAY PIPES IN CITIES
WITH LITTLESURFACE
DISRUPTION.
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FTUBES
uses lightweight capsules
2 metres (6ft) long x 1 metre (3ft) high;
propelled by …Linear Induction Motors
at 5 kph to 100 kph
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Linear InductionMotor. A LIM
is an electric motor
flattened out.
Instead of goinground & round;
it pushes thingsforwards (and
backwards)
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LIMs arevery reliable& powerful.
0 to 100 kph.in 2.2 secs
LIMs are used in exciting
ways.
LIMs are used in exciting
ways.
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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”
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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.
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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