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Old 05-05-2015, 05:11 PM   #47 (permalink)
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It takes a lot of activity from supply systems to support a large population.
Hyperloop freight trains sized for the 20' container. Bucky Fuller said society runs at an overall efficiency of 4% (in the 1940s). Double that and you can take care of twice the people. We already have done that, at least, since then; but
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autonomous hyperloop freight trains right down the median of the interstates.
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