Science & fuel economy

To the best of my knowledge this has not been tried.

PROBLEM: Getting from here to there cheaply.
HYPOTHESIS: Diesel locomotive technology is the king of moving tonnage
for the lowest expense in ratio to fuel cost; therefore, trying to
adapt locomotive tech to highway use ought to be worth trying. [I’m
guessing a 5% success could move a bus or even a fully loaded semi
coast to coast on one fill-up.]
STUFF NEEDED FOR EXPERIMENT:
1) Bus chassis with sound suspension, good tires, good brakes, and
good differential.
2) DC Traction Motor with which to replace the driveshaft.
3) Generator to power DC Traction Motor; also powers compressor for
brakes, pump for power steering, lights, etc.
4) Computer to regulate power flow to DC Traction Motor so the wheels
don’t spin.
SHOP REQUIREMENTS: General Motors or Ford, etc. will do nicely. A
“spreading chestnut tree” could work too.
STAFF REQUIRED: Automotive engineer, Geek, tool & die maker.
ESTIMATED COST OF EXPERIMENT: Chump change: one day’s war expense
ought to be 1000 times enough.

OBSTICLES: Bureaucracy, funding, friction with the road [steel wheels
on tracks give trains a tremendous advantage], and drag [it needs to
be shaped like a bullet train].

This idea is my intellectual property which I declare to be in the
public domain and present free of charge to the world’s community for
the betterment of humanity. No Corporation or government may claim
patent rights on my idea. Any and everyone is welcome to experiment
and develop this proposed synthesis of technology. If this scientific
experiment bears good fruit I’ll ask for donations later. :^)

Loving Light, Sanity


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