Transportation
Introduction
In Space Heat we outlined the development of
Free Heat ™ units to heat individual rooms. Now we take
up the matter of Transportation. Part of our philosophy for using
energy extracted from the active vacuum is that we should extract
the energy in the form in which we desire to use it. So what form
of energy do we really want for transportation? The answer obviously
is force. So, for a ground vehicle, we want energy that will cause
the vehicle to move along the ground, highway, or railroad track.
For an aircraft we want energy that will lift the aircraft off the
ground and move it from place to place. For a ship we want energy
that will move the ship through the water from port to port. There
are two forms of energy that might be used directly for
transportation--magnetic and gravitational. Magnetic would require
a magnetic monopole which is difficult to build. It is possible to
generate gravity (positive and negative). By generating negative
gravity a vehicle can be made to levitate and perhaps move laterally.
However, to manipulate gravity requires huge amounts of energy that
only the Heaviside energy flow can provide. Perhaps someday people
will work in the magnetic monopole or/and anti-gravity fields and
provide us with some really jazzy transportation vehicles, but in
the meantime, we'll stick with what we can do with heat extracted
from the active vacuum.
One of the advantages of using Free Heat ™ units for transportation vehicles is that no flammable fluid is required to be carried in the vehicle. This alone gives a huge safety advantage to vehicles powered by heat extracted from the active vacuum.
Gas Turbines have been adapted to automobiles and trucks, but the fuel consumption during idle made them unacceptable. They also were not as responsive when high acceleration was desired. However, with heat extracted from the active vacuum fuel consumption is not a problem. Moreover, additional Free Heat ™ units could be incorporated between the two turbines. These additional Free Heat ™ units would function like an afterburner to give a boost in power output providing high acceleration when needed. Since Gas Turbines are noted to produce more horsepower per pound of weight, vehicles provided with Gas Turbines using heat extracted from the active vacuum should turn out to be very high performance vehicles.
It may be possible to retrofit an existing Gas Turbine or Jet Engine with Free Heat ™ units thereby replacing the existing fuel system. This may require some tricky modifications to the Gas Turbine to avoid disturbing the flow of air in the combustion chamber.
We would expect that a wide variety of different engines would be developed and the free market would select the ones that succeed in the market place. Each engine has its own strengths and weaknesses. For transportation companies the new technology has such an advantage (no fuel required) that companies that do not embrace the new technology will be unable to compete with companies that decide to stick with the old technology. So, we may see this new technology spread like wildfire throughout a given industry.
For example, once one airline starts converting its aircraft engines to use Free Heat ™ units instead of fuel, the other airlines will soon follow. Airlines with a fleet of converted aircraft will be able to reduce their rates to, perhaps, half of those who have not converted their aircraft.
The same thing would apply to trucking, railroads, cargo ships, cruise ships, and automobile companies. Then, we have the military. I think we need say no more about transportation.
Updated: August 7, A.D. 2009