"Bullet Train Platform for Cars & Trucks!" by (me!) ~tops
so, the colloquial conversation in coffee shops, by people who read headlines here and there, but do no research, and have no actual idea of cost, resources needed, time, energy, physics, etc.
people like myself,
just picking up a few lines from a conversation here, and a conversation there..
if you dropped the topic of "the bullet train" from northern to southern california in any given conversation; it might go something like this
"that is the stupidest idea! a total waste of money.. a bullet train.. give me a break.. if it's not going get people there much faster than their own car.. and you still have to rent a car at the other end.. and if you can take an airplane for less money and less time... how stupid! we'll spend all this tax payer money and no one will use it.. an utter waste!"
-and, i've a heard a version of that sentiment from different people at different times
also, many times people bring up the private contract to create it, vs. government employees...
i myself, thought it wasnt a bad idea at all, and my thinking was the result of considering only how many people the project itself could potentially employ who could really use the job and income.. "lots of jobs!"
but on our recent drive down south -to orange county from san jose,
in the middle of having to dodge this selfish idiot driver over there, and this "pick your lane already!" driver over there..
it popped in my imagination with great clarity "a bullet train for cars and trucks!"
i said with a smile to my sexy, i said, "in my imagination, instead of a bullet train for people.. we should have a bullet train for vehicles! and at a station here, you drive your car up on a platform, stay in it, and it bullets you in super speed to the other side, and then you just drive off..."
he liked the idea
-and it seems to me to fall in line with what humans have always, and will always find ways to do:
get from here to there FASTER
-from point A to point B, whether that is from sick to healed, or from ground to space, or from hired to promoted, or from bitter to merciful, or from angry to peaceful, from raw to cooked, on and on, etc., etc.
but the real value of having a platform where you can drive your car up on it, stay in it, and zip to southern california in say, 3 hours, vs. 5 or 6, or 7
-the real value.. i re-realized when we sat parked on the grapevine for 45+ minutes due to another car accident ahead..
not just speed, but SAFETY! i mean, if you have a group of cars stationery, not trying to dodge each other.. big safety factor
but add to speed and safety -CONVENIENCE! oh my, -when you arrive in orange county, you just put your car in drive, and pull of in the destination city.. you don't have to rent a car.. move any luggage from here to there.. just go!
how awesome would that be..
so, i am convinced, we can employ lots and lots of people, creating a bullet platform for cars and trucks, which people would actually use! which could shave several hours off the current drive time from northern to southern california, which would increase safety, decrease accidents, and be way convenient! potentially even fun...
and this is perhaps where some of our greatest ideas take place.. in the coffee houses of our imaginations where hot ideas flow free
who shall i cc? elon musk?
in Jesus name, amen!
posted by SANDRA HARRISON KAY @ 11:21 AM
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