Limulus asked for elaboration on my comment Would it interest you to know that there is a opportunity to achieve a great and positive change. To lucrative begin an effort of modernization with out the ecological and environmental problems. And with out the time, energy, and resource consumptions of today.
A continuing interest in the issues of sustainability over the past 30 yrs. Has evolved over time. The populations levels of wellbeings are not exactly the product of its own want and willingness to work at those accomplishments. The differences in the achievements of wellbeings between one society and another are more determined by its availability of the necessary time it takes to accomplish things. Which is today aided by the availability of energy and resources. An availability in time, energy and resources which are being unecessarily restricted through the resistance of the providers to modernize. The most important and influencing processes are the ones which are the most commonly and repeatitively encountered in an efforts accomplishment. All human efforts in the persuits of wellbeings are commonly linked to the infrastructures. A specific area of infrastructures which I call collectively Distribution Processes. Have the greatest influence in determining the limits in what a society may or may not accomplish. A efficiency or increased ability here in these distribution processes promises to become a great sum when multiplied by the whole of the users and thier numerous repetitions.
A review of these distribution systems shows that they are the restricted continuations of the independent and hastily implemented processes achieved in a far off time and in a much different understanding and capability than which exists today.
A continuing interest in the issues of sustainability suggest that such a state of sustainability rests in the accomplishment if two abilities which do nit exist today. The existince in a full set of infrastructures which not only meet but exceed the populations needs, wants, and desires. And of course accomplished in a manner of forms and processes whose impacts in use by the population do not put the reliability of life's living working support processes at risk in loss. Enclosing the distribution processes suggest it will allow these much needed abilities to become realized. Enclosing the collective of distribution processes is the most ecologically and environmentally sound way to achieve them. It is also the very best way to achieve them.
In a secure and precisely controlled environment these process will become opened to the greater advantages of applying many abilities which can not be so easily or reliably accomplished in the open environments of today's processes. .
In a secure and cintrolled envuronment transport can be reasonably achieved with out nearly all of the time, energy, and resources of today. In the reduced cost of investment in a smaller structural and technological undertaking in permanent components.
Enclosure is an evolutionary step. A change in form which lends an increased capability to become realized.
In an attemp to evaluate the feasibility of such a integrated distribution system.or IDS.
not having a specific design. I assumed that the cost of today could represent the limits of what spending could be applicable in an alternative system.
The actual cost of today's distribution processes are not widely known. However I did find 3 annual costs which would not ocurr in an IDS.
highway spending in 2010 was over $200 billion. Accidents $300 billion. And energy $1.8 trillion.
Kind of sad isnt it. To understand the S200 billion spent on highways is unavoidable joined to over $2 trillion in accidents and energy. Seems a very poor investment return.
I calculated that this unavoidable spending in just these 3 instances could alternatively support an alternative investment in permanent components. the same level of cost as today could alternatively support 250,000 miles at $460 million a mile. I suspect a $100 million a mile may be sufficient. Or about 20% of today. which is not actually a true cost. But is the cost of investment in a limited amount in required provision. Which will again become divided by a greatly increased usage.
Understand this process has a fixed cost. Which then allows a far greater usage to occur. In a near lack of energy and resource consumptions and in markedly increased speeds, safety, ease of use and convenience. the populations needs, wants, and desires are not and never have been met. They are today highly restricted. its not the fuel cost which prevents me from traveling long distances. Its all the time it takes, the inconveniences, and discomforts which limits my mobility.
Taking into account a greater usage could put the per mile cost at less than 1%.
No accidents, energy, or resource consumptions. No ecological or environmental impacts. All in a unprecedented speed, ease of use and convenience.
The question is how to go about securing the significant interest it will take to bring it into that reality of accomplishment it so needs to become. I really dont know what to do with this understanding.
Any ideas. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GLSJr (talk • contribs) 05:03, 15 June 2015 (UTC)