"Where's my flying car? I WANT MY FLYING CAR!"
Posted on 09/21/2005 6:11:09 AM PDT by Puddleglum
Heck, if the government really is going to spend $200 billion to rebuild New Orleans, they might as well rebuild it as the city of tomorrrow complete with kelp farms, electricity generated by tides, public transportation light as a cloud and efficient and almost noiseless, parks that are nice and safe and clean. It could be a proof-of-concept city for all those innovations you see in the middle of "Popular Science" that are always "just around the corner." I draw the line at dog-walking robots and the bubble dome (for now), but you get my drift, I suppose.
Well, I am half-joking and half serious. I know if I had $200 billion to rebuild a city, I would try a few new things out, especially in regards to noise pollution, light pollution, energy efficiency, and urban design (proximity of neighborhoods to work, etc).
Any takers? Anything you'd like to see?
"Where's my flying car? I WANT MY FLYING CAR!"
FOX reported that 65% of blacks and 75% of whites owned vehicles in NO. I kept asking WHY no mention of this fact was made when footage after footage showed cars littering the streets and driveways of even the poorest areas.
I forgot about the schools system! There you going, trying to spend all our $200 billion in one place...
Paddle boats won't work. They take some effort.
Let the Disney people have it.
IMHO flying school buses would be more appropriate for the Big Easy.
Pedal power will serve two purposes. No pollution and good excercise.
"I there a chance the track might bend?"
Ouch!
"What about us drunken slobs?"
"Not on your life, my Hindu friend!"
"Were you sent here by the devil?"
"You'll be given cushy jobs!"
Check out Skyway Express for an interesting alternative to light rail or buses for public transit.
To my mind, the near-noiseless public transportation system should hover just slightly about a magnetized track and make a sound like "thribbbbbbb." Never mind - I can't do it in type.
Just remember three simple words: Air Traffic Control.
As long as we don't have to wear those weird spandex suits they always seemed to be wearing in the "city of tomorrow"...
Actually, I think it would be a great idea to work out a creative plan and put in all sorts of neat gadgets. But it will only work if a lot of it is somehow turned over for competition in the private sector. Otherwise we'd have something sort of like any government facility - Leavenworth, say.
Another advantage is that with the elevated rails, it would probably run higher than flood levels, as long as the power stations are also elevated...
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