Bill James

California's Fuel-Efficiency Battle and Peak Oil

CSX, the railroad, currently runs a TV commercial showing a Prius being loaded onto a rail car and states they can "move a ton 423 miles on a gallon of fuel."

The use of ultra-light rails, automated guideways, was identified by the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment in 1975 as a permantent solution to the 1973 Oil Embargo. Morgantown's Personal Rapid Transit was built and has delivered 110 million oil-free, injury-free passenger miles.

JPods version of provides on demand transport at about 183 miles per gallon. Except that they use no gallon. Solar collectors 6-foot wide, mounted over the rails gather 2.5 million watt-hours in a typical day. Enough to power 12,500 vehicle-miles.

Instead of building vast solar arrays in the remote desert, build them over the ultra-light rails that transport people and cargo with the convenience of a chauffeured car and the operating costs of an elevator.

Please visit jpods.com to see details.