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Foodtubes would transport goodies underground, inventor says
If a UK inventor has his way, food, that most basic of staples, will one day be zipped from the farm to the supermarket like data over the internet.
When you calculate fuel costs and the release of harmful truck emissions, food transportation, over interstate highways and even railroads, wastes time and money, according to Noel Hodson, inventor and coordinator of the Foodtubes Project.
The Foodtubes would transport encapsulated food to “terminals” at specific stops - supermarkets, mom and pop stores, etc. - along an underground circuit (pictured above).
The cycle would operate on a “goods in, waste out” principle, Hodson said in a phone interview Monday with CNN.
“Once it is empty, the capsule would be filled with trash and garbage and sent back for recycling,” Hodson said. “That's why we use the term 'circuit'. The address is like an internet package, and they're tracked by software” for quality control.
“And it would be fed by green electricity,” Hodson said. “That’s my final vision.”
The technology behind the capsule propulsion would borrow heavily from the roller coaster industry, Hodson said.
Hodson estimates selling a food-filled capsule for about $5 (free for empty capsules), adding that the venture would be extremely attractive to food service manufacturers and stores.
The pipelines could be put under major urban areas “without digging up the entire city,” Hodson said. The website Ars Technica has an artist's rendering of a proposed Foodtubes station in London.
“It's most profitable if it's used in a dense, urban environment. It would be quite possible to put a circuit - about 100 miles - probably about 400 entrances and exits on it. And that would serve about 130,000 households, going to the shops that those households use,” Hodson said.
The venture would be financed by a private-public partnership, Hodson said. He said the Foodtubes Project has early interest from the town of Croydon, England, south of London.
The plan has the potential to revamp the entire food service industry, Hodson said.
But would the railroad companies and trucking industry play nice?
“I’ve hired bodyguards,” Hodson said in jest.
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What laced sugar-cube is this inventor sucking on??? Pneumatic tube systems are a thing of the pass...riddled with transport problems, jamming, aside from the fact that the system can be infiltrated with inappropiate items.
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it's an old idea that seems simple but it' too expensive, there are much simpler ways to do it
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This is the stupidest idea I've ever heard. A malfunction and the tubes of food gets sent flying in the air landing on us, wouldn't be too nice waking up with lettuce all over my house. Thank ýou
You're just jealous.
like the blood circulation system in the body. India needs to stop thinking that we are their little space ship shaped like a baby and functioning like the wonderful human body thats going to take them somewhere. Get your own life India!
To the flying machine!
thats yer problem right there people .... disconnect from Hindi .. freeks all of them.
Lies, lies and slander!
Obviously the American food supply chain works just fine and needs no "food tube". Now if we could just get the fat greedy obese lard-azzes to stop eating so much food, there would be enough left-over to feed starving children. I say fat-tax them to the point they can't afford to be fat.
Trapped for eternity.
This technology has already been deployed successfully by mexican drug cartels.
Good news everyone!
Hmmm, kind of interesting really.
I think most people will agree that trucking is a highly inefficient means of transporting anything, so it is clear an alternative will one day be adopted. Not sure this is the answer, but its got some potential I suppose. Pneumatic tube systems are primarily a thing of the past because of the comparative advantages of electronic transmission, not because of malfunctioning. And electronic transmission only works for information, not solid items, so it is quite possible that something along those lines would be ideal for transporting food (and anything else really).
But going through a divorce together, you can't pretend that didn't bring us closer together.
I drew that picture when I was eight. Inventor? I think not!
Sweet zombie Jesus!
Spoiled food. Bugs and rodent infestation alone are a few reason why foodtubes is the stupidest thing i ever heard not to even mention sanitary problems. The person who thought of this does not need a body guard they need rehab and a shrink. I cant belive they think the public is that stupid. Be forreal.
Why is this godforsaken hellhole worth dying for?
I agree Nick. I like interesting, innovative ideas. But um, somehow I just dont see this as an option. Sounds like an engineering nightmare. And a helluva mess if something does go wrong.
This is the worst part.
this guy is so baked
But my point remains valid.
@Bob. Dam U got me, lol. @The Red Shuttle. That's right, too expensive, but great for pizza delivery in 30 seconds or less.
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Stupid,stupid,stupid,stupid and stupid !!! This dude is on CRACK OR SOME NEW STUPID DRUGS... Been through too many Stupid Schools...
No I'm not. Oh wait – yes I am. But my point remains valid.
Stfu hellen
And then the battle is not so bad?
He's on the right track.
Here's a quote for the skeptics: "Great spirits have always been violently opposed by mediocre minds." – Albert Einstein