"The Fight for Maglev" book
The Fight for Maglev tells how Maglev, the first new transport mode since the airplane, will soon transform transportation in America and the World. 300 mph magnetically levitated and propelled vehicles have no engine, do not burn oil, do not emit pollutants and greenhouse gases, and are very quiet and comfortable. The book tells how the authors, James Powell and Gordon Danby, invented Maglev in 1966 and why the US failed to develop it. Their 1st generation Maglev now operates in Japan. The authors describe how their new more capable 2nd generation Maglev system, built as a 29,000 mile National Maglev network, will provide millions of new manufacturing jobs and billions of dollars in exports, while greatly reducing highway deaths and injuries and oil imports, if the U.S. acts to implement it. Otherwise another country will become the World leader in Maglev.
This is a must read for all who want America to use its inventions and ideas to make America the World Leader in 21st Century Transport.
"Silent Earth" book
The pathway described in Silent Earth bypasses the constraints on non-fossil technical solutions and describes three non-fossil energy technologies that can greatly reduce the world’s dependence on fossil fuels and help to avoid environmental catastrophe. They are technically practical, economically attractive, environmentally desirable and can be quickly developed and implemented.
Silent Earth describes a feasible, realistic plan to:
• Use Maglev to launch solar electric generators to geosynchronous orbit to beam very low-cost 24/7 electric power down to world-wide receivers on Earth.
• Use the very cheap electricity from space solar to make synthetic gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel from air and water to distribute through the exist fossil fuel distribution system.
• Create Superconducting Maglev transport networks that complement existing highways and railways to provide rapid, low cost movement of freight, commuters, and passengers.
These 3 technology applications should be tested and demonstrated as soon as possible. The global urgency has arrived and there should not be further delay. The build-out of the 3 applications at large scale can be implemented by governments, private investors, or international cooperative institutions such as the World Bank or the United Nations or a new monetary fund to rapidly create the new manufacturing, transport services and synthetic fuel production and distribution to keep pace with World economic growth and provide good paying jobs for people currently employed in the fossil fuel industry.
YouTube Magneticglide Videos:
NBC NY News Report on The Fight for Maglev
Greg Cergol of WNBC, NY talked with Drs. James Powell and Gordon Danby, the inventors of superconducting Maglev, and Dr. Bud Griffis of the Polytechnic Institute of NYU about Powell and Danby's vision for their new 2nd generation superconducting Maglev transport system. click here for video.
Foxnews Interview of Dr. James Powell
Great interview of Jim Powell. He explains the superconducting Maglev system and their fight to introduce this technology to the US transport market.
A Vision for High Speed
Rail, April 16, 2009
Joined by famed rail enthusiast Vice President Biden, the President releases his vision for high speed rail as funded by the Recovery Act and the coming budget. White House, April 16, 2009. (Public Domain)
Click here for White House video
Radio Interviews with Dr. Jim Powell
First Interview - "How 2nd Generation Maglev Works"
Second Interview - "Maglev for Space Launch"
