Anyone got an innovative idea of how to improve sea or air transport??

Question

Could be new safety measures or ways to reduce environmental damage! Very broad!

Answer 1

Yes, but until I have the patent registerred I ain't telling the world.....:-)

Answer 2

I'm with Mr P on this...ground effect air cushion planes were tested and flown by the Soviets on a design called the Ekranoplan to transport huge amounts of goods much more efficiently than ships or airplanes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekranoplan

Answer 3

Yes very effective - so how much are you prepared to pay for my information and drawings?

Answer 4

Yes.

Answer 5

There are no transport options that make use of "ground effect"

This is essentially a cushion of air that allows a boat to reduce drag - along the line of hydraplanes - but using a flat hull.

Energy would be saved as friction reduced.

There was talk of an airship-style freight carrier being designed. As the weight would be minimised, all energy would be given to propulsion- not support - thus a fuel saving.

The deveplopments of zero-point energy have stalled.Tessla found a way to harness it - then his funding was removed. All atoms have a vibration, and this can be tapped - so why isn't it being persued?

Compressed air is a form of energy that would propell vehicles with no harmfull emissions whatsoever - it can be gathered from the air at filling stations by electricity - and vehicles filled. Why is this not persued for micro-vehicles?

Gas could easily be carried as a high energy back-up in the same unit.

Intelligent bus stops - could count the number of people waiting, and predictive computer simulation could alter routes within minutes - thus reducing wasted trips, and reducing waiting times in real-time.

All possible.