We can change the lifeblood of our economy from oil to ingenuity.
Change urban transport from 20 miles per gallon to electric equivalent of 200 mpg.

JPods: It Costs Less to Move Less

Problem:
Moving a ton to move a person.

Solution:
Move only the person.

Oil Embargo:
Modern: 		 

Image above (modified) thanks to Jacob Groundwater, Vancouver, Canada
Disruptive technologies strive for 10 times improvement over existing solutions. JPods exceeds this in many categories. Computers are economic levers. Robots are economic levers. Networks are economic levers. JPods are computerized robotic networks that move people and cargo at the electrical equivalent of 200-400 miles per gallon (Ref: 423 mpg)

Economic catagories will have immediate results, security and trade affects will only happen as larger segments of the transportation infrastructure are re-tooled.

Climate change and peak oil provide only one chance to make them right.


Typical JPods Times Better Background
Costs          
Costs, Operating 56 4 14X   Cents per vehicle mile traveled
Costs, Capital 100 10 10X   $million per mile to build (light rail verses JPods)
           
Human Factors          
Safety 14 0.005 2,800X   Fewer deaths (cars kill 14 per 100,000)
Access 24 4 6X   % that cannot drive/operate, under 5 years old
Congestion 48 5 10X   Hours lost to congestion each year
Capacity, Cars 4800 4800 1X   *Same capacity as cars, 4 seats every 3 seconds
Capacity, Bus 600 4800 8X   *Bus 5 min apart with 50 seats verses JPods
Capacity, Trains 1200 4800 4X   *Trains 10 min apart with 200 seats verses JPods
          *JPods can have multiple rails is same right of way
Environmental          
Emissions 1.7 0.0008 2125X   Pounds of CO2 per passenger mile
Conservation 250 4 63X   PEC, 2000 lbs time 25 start-stops per commute
Land Use 50 2 25X   Width of right of way, feet
           
Security          
Defense 492 billion 1 5 billion X   1% the estimated cost of Iraq War
Trade Deficit 584 billion 1 584 billionX   2006 Trade Deficit for cars and oil
Currency Value Cause Hope stability   Oil addiction weakens the dollar
Peak Oil Cause Hope life   Life if the Return for Solving Peak Oil
Climate Change Cause Hope life   Life if the Return for Solving Climate Change