Trolley Cars, Diesel vs Gasoline

I rode the charming trolley cars in San Francisco recently, and marvelled at the
restoration of
the system that took place in the mid-90's. Here they paid 21st century
technology prices for
19th century technology.

Every single reason for not integrating magnetic levitation transport is
apparent in
maintaining the trolley cars today. Gas autos must steer clear of
trolleys...trolleys don't stop
but run right into intersections... the maintentance of trolleys is actually
much harder than
mag lev.

Mongolia has skipped the wired telephone service, opting to jump straight into
al wireless.
China has working mag lev transport between Shanghai airport and Shanghai...300
MPH, 6
inches above the ground, clean quiet smooth and cheap. Wouldn't it be wonderful
if china
announced it was skipping gas autos and going straight to mag lev, the world can
keep its
oil?

sigh.

John


On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:15:05 -0800 (PST), M A Granich wrote
:

> The highest mileage, non-hybred cars are the German VW
> diesels(Golf, Jetta, and Passat). The diesel 2 stroke
> cycle is more efficient than the "Otto" 4 stroke
> cycle. I've also read that in Europe, where gas is
> 3x more expensive than in the US, 40% of all new cars
> sold are diesel. Big-rigs use diesel engines because
> of the fuel economy, power, and reliability.
>
> Yes, they are dirty. But I'm hopefull there is a
> technological answer to that problem.
>
> Anthony
>
> --- Ben Sinks wrote:
>
> > >>You can change the
> > engine to a much more efficient diesel <<
> >
> >
> > I'm not a mechanic, but I've been told that diesel
> > engines do not have higher gas milage than gasonline
> > engines; in fact (I've been told) they have less
> > milage than gas. And, they are less invironment
> > friendly as well. They are only good for heavy
> > vehicles that need the power - like big-rigs or fire
> > trucks.

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