Edina Foundation: Big Carrot, Bigger Stick - JPods

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EdinaIt costs less to move lesswww.JPods.comGreen line is a potential route.Green bars are 1/2 and 1 mile long.Big Carrot: Harvesting $ Billion per Day in ProfitsAutomating sewers, water, electricity and communicationsresulted in improved standards of living andeconomic opportunity.Transportation networks are manual and so dangerousthat we have to wrap a person in a ton toprotect them.We waste energy, create congestion, consume realestate and pollute moving a ton to move a person.Repetitive travel is characterized by smog, congestion,road rage and other forms of preemptablewaste.In 2004. according to AAA it cost 57 cents per mile to operatea car. There are 1.08 people per car in rush-hours.JPods cost 30 cents per passenger mile to build, operate andmaintain; a profit of 27 cents per passenger mile.Automating highly repetitive travel will preemptmany costs, yielding a profit of about 27 cents perpassenger mile.About 4 billion of the 8 billion miles Americans driveevery day are highly repetitive:- kids to and from school- shoppers to and from retail centers- commuters to and from workNo drunk drivers. No cell phone drivers. You travelon-demand without obligation or risk to others.What applies to people applies to cargo. Palletsize CargoPods move goods on-demand.This billion dollar a day profit potential will create a"green rush" that will impact not just transportationbut all areas of energy use.
EdinaIt costs less to move lesswww.JPods.comBigger Stick: Global WarmingGreen line is a potential route.Green bars are 1/2 and 1 mile long.Stern ReportAbove all, reducing the risks of climate change requires collective action. It requires co-operation between countries,through international frameworks that support the achievement of shared goals. It requires a partnershipbetween the public and private sector, working with civil society and with individuals. It is still possible to avoidthe worst impacts of climate change; but it requires strong and urgent collective action. Delay would be costlyand dangerous.You can only pee in the well so long before the watertastes bad.Stewardship counts.The Stern Report for the British Government estimatesthat if 1% of world GDP is not invested immediately insustainable infrastructure to contain Green House Gases(GHG) the world will suffer a loss of 20% of GDP.The expectation is that the hardship for failing to act intime will be similar to the Great Depression and WorldWars. For example:- 200 million people will be displaced.- many coastal cities will be flooded.http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/independent_reviews/stern_review_economics_climate_change/sternreview_index.cfm
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