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LIGHTWEIGHT UNDERGROUND PIPELINE-CAPSULE FOOD
FREIGHT TRANSPORT, TO REDUCE CO2
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WHY BOTHER TO CUT EMISSIONS? WHY CHANGE THE
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE?
James Hansen NASA Goddard 7 April 08 we have
grossly underestimated the problem.. If we follow
business as usual, I cant see how west
Antarctica could survive a century.
NEXT CENTURY - SEA LEVEL MAY RISE
BY If/When the West Antarctic Ice Sheet melts
19 feet If/When the Greenland ice sheet
melts 24 feet If/When the East Antarctic ice
sheet melts 170 feet
Total 213
feet SCIAM Feb 2008
64 metres predicting future
sea level changes from the current climate
models greatly underestimates the future
contribution of the polar ice sheets to sea
level rise Robin E Bell, Columbia University,
Vice chair, International Planning Group, For the
International Polar Year.
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FOODTUBES is a Stop-Global-Warming, Design,
Development Licensing initiative. The team
includes experts from Stoner Software,
ADVANTICA (British Gas) PIAP Industrial
Research Institute for Automation Measurement
FUE - Fundacion Universidad-Empresa de Madrid
Clarendon Laboratories, Oxford Imperial College
London Warsaw University of Technology The
Freight Pipeline Company, USA Pneutrans Systems
Limited, Canada Force Engineering Limited,
UK SW2000 Intelligent Transport (Noel HODSON
Coordinator) Swift Software - UK Canada Collier
Campbell London. DESIGNS to be REGISTERED BY
IPR Lawyers, Pitmans. Licensed by FGOSA
Foodtubes Global Standards Agency (NPO). FGOSA
licenses /franchises network builders and
operators and ensures inter-activity between
FOODTUBES sections.
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PRESENTED BY - FOODTUBES Coordinator, Noel Hodson
1979 MICRODOT Petrol-Elect. Hybrid 100mpg - 100mph
MD of MALLALIEU ENGINEERING 1977-80
Noel Hodson Business Founder Manager Blackstone
Franks - Accountants Morton Hodson Co
BES Oxford Research Science Parks Mallalieu
Engineering 1988-2008 SW2000 Telework
Studies SW2000 Intelligent Transport Tel
0044-(0)1865 760994 noel_at_noelhodson.com
Designer - William Towns
Reduce business travel 1988-2002
Global-Warming London drowning - 2006
Global-Warming Utopian future - 2004
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BASIC LOGIC FOR FUEL SAVING. HGV weighs up to
30,000 kg. (unladen). 40 capsules weigh up to 680
kg. (unladen). 40 times less weight. Smart
shorter routing underground. NB - Heat loss,
Friction, Traffic Jams, and also Road/Pipeline
wear and tear.
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Replace a 44 tonne, 40 metre trucks with 20 30
ultra-light, carbon fibre cargo-capsules propel
them through pipelines with Linear Induction
Motors.
WILL THEY CHANGE? The traditional freight
industry is deeply entrenched at every level of
government and commerce. In 1969 in the USA, the
truck lobby stopped 10 inch pneumatic
capsule-pipeline transport of mail.
WHAT DOES IT COST? - Jan 2008 M25 new lanes -
28 M /km. HGVs do 80 of the damage to
roads. FOODTUBES will cost 5 M /km and last
50 years. Interlinked 150 km sections will be
built, connecting farms, manufacturers and
retailers Public Terminals for small business
use. Terminals at school university campuses,
office blocks and military camps. A 1.57 Cubic
Metres cargo-capsule journey will be charged at
about 10. IN THE FUTURE - IF FOODTUBES SPAN
THE GLOBE. 3rd world farmers and starving
communities will benefit. A Farm-to-markets,
FOODTUBES proposal has been outlined to help
Argentine farmers.
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Meat Master CR0 1RN Cherryfield CR0 6BA Haji
Sons CR0 2RL Tuckers Meat Market CR0 1TA Croydon
Halal Meat CR0 2RL Contnl Delicacies CR9 5AY
63 of CROYDONs FOOD SHOPS
Marks Spencer CR9 1SH Waitrose CR5
2NB Waitrose CR2 9LE Waitrose CR3 6LB Budgens
CR0 6HD Morrison CR5 2BB Spar CR0 2JG Spar CR2
6EN Spar CR4 1LU Mitcham Spar CR0 6BX Spar CR0
8EB Spar CR0 6RA Spar CR8 2AB Purley Londis CR0
3RA Londis CR0 2TH Majestic Wine CR2
9LG Millies Cookies CR0 1UT Cake Design
CR2 British Bakeries CR4 4HX Di Gregorio Bakery
CR0 3LE Dairy Crest CR8 2BJ Manydown Farm 5,000
acres CR0 4XG
Tesco CR0 8SB Tesco CR0 6AD Tesco CR0 2JJ Tesco
CR7 7ND Tesco CR7 8RX Tesco CR0 8DN Tesco CR8
2HA Tesco CR7 6JH ASDA CR0 4XS Sainsbury CR0
1UP Sainsbury CR0 4XT Sainsbury CR2 8LA The
Co-op CR0 6PQ The Co-op CR0 6RD The Co-op CR0
6RF The Co-op CR0 8TG The Co-op CR7 8BB The Co-op
CR8 5AA Iceland CR0 1RG Iceland CR0 0JD Iceland
CR7 8RX Somerfield CR0 1LG Somerfield CR0
9AS Somerfield CR4
Elmfield Fruit CR2 0JE Croydon Fruiterers CR0
3HA Ells CR7 7ES Leslies CR0
6RF Sanderstead Grocers CR2 0PH Abisha Enterprise
CR0 2RL Spicyfoods CR0 2SS Selecta Fruits CR7
6BD David Pooley CR2 0NF J Roberts CR4 2PA
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CROYDON Total 138km URBAN FOODTUBES Approx
400 Terminals. Capital 556M Profit PA 82M
40km
16km
8klm
18km
20km
20km
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STONEHENGE
Andover Hampshire Near the intersection of
The A303 and the A34
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A303
Bigger than Heathrow's terminal 5 and the
height of 4 double-decker buses Guardian Feb
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(Approx. 1 million sq ft.)
1 Hotel and conference centre 2 Main office
building 112,000 sq ft 3 Office starter units
73,000 sq ft 4 Warehouse 250,000 sq ft 5
Warehouse 803,000 sq ft, ancillary offices and
service facilities 6 Biomass power facility 7
Warehouse units 133,500 sq ft 8 60m landscape
buffer 9 40m landscape buffer 10 Hundred Acre
interchange, to be improved 11 MoD estate 12
Portway industrial estate
Railway
Proposed TESCO Megashed at Andover. 1,680 HGVs
every day.
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THE FIRST TESCO UK CLEAR-ROADS LOOP
64 km
NEWBURY
66 km
Relief of Andover Stonehenge from 1,680 HGVs
per 24 hours. Underground RURAL FOODTUBES pipes
236 kms HGV/Rail exchanges
traffic stopped From/To London M4 at
Reading From/To London M3 at Basingstoke From/To
Southampton. A34 at Sthmptn. From/To Bristol
M4 at Swindon From/To NORTH A34 at
Newbury Capital spend - single pipe - 590
million. Annual operating profits - 100 million
Andover Airfield TESCO
28 km
78 km
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Finally Even the best carbon saving transport
ideas will not get off the ground or, in this
case, under-the-ground if they cost the
Earth and make a loss. The initial
calculations are very encouraging. A complete
system for the UK will earn annual revenues of
20 billion dollars and a surplus of 15 billion
dollars. So FOODTUBES saves the Earth and
makes a profit. Thank you for your attention.
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Burying polyethylene pipes locks up carbon
tarmac tyres create a toxic and continual
carbon dust (road surface wear tear). Volume
for 23M households is approx 1.5Million cubic
metres per day weight is about 88,386 tonnes.
Most food is transported several times in the
processes from farm to home. UK 697,880 HGVs
and Vans transport food (MoT) many times the
tonnage and volume capacity compared to the
goods. These vehicles burn about 5B litres a
year. All UK road freight burns 16.9B litres per
year. All traffic burns 64B litres p.a.
V. conservative in our financial calcs. - ALL
UK ENERGY equivalent to 188B litres p.a. thus UK
is 9 saved not 23 (global average is less in
dense, developed OECD countries). NB Remember
that traffic decongestion effect is the largest
saving 3 times larger. Shopping per person
food, drinks supermarket goods 10 kilos per
week 0.17 cu metres per week UK 23M
households - 17,216 km of pipes 3.47 million
capsules Empty/parked capsules 35 188 capsules
per km 188 X (2 2 (min gap) ) 752 metres
72 of length. Available gap 3.3 metres Average
Cargo 20 kilo per capsule journey (44lbs) (its
those pesky Cornflakes again) Average capsule
weighs 15 kilos (NB LIM Reactor plate) Average
journey is not relevant it is the total load in
the system that counts but probably 50-100klms
in the UK Minimum (food suppliers and shops only)
31,000 terminals Fuel Saved UK Direct
replacement of vehicles by capsules 4.3B litres
WORLD 476B litres
UK traffic decongestion effect
-13.0Blitres WORLD 1,437B
litres CO2 Saved UK (for CARBON divide CO2
by 3.67) 0.05B tonnes
WORLD 5.13B tonnes CO2


23.17 average of annual
increment.

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its a greater in less developed
regions.) HEAVILY INVESTED IN ROAD RAIL
LOGISTICS Largest UK Super-market TESCO have
own lorry fleet and transport business. About
30 of UK food. Largest World is WALMART (USA)
- 2nd Largest is Carrefour (Europe). CO2 is
0.03 of the atmosphere. REGARDLESS OF GLOBAL
WARMING, FOODTUBES WILL CLEAR THE STREETS AND CUT
POLLUTION.