Friday, July 31, 2015

The Bullet Train Answer

Could Jerry Brown please tell us the cost that stopping at the stations between SD and SFO adds to the ticket price?

Maybe there's an engineering solution to the problem. If stopping to let people off and on is what is driving the time and cost up, maybe we can do something about it.

How about people wanting to get off being required to move to the last coach of the train. Naturally, you have to move away from there if you want to stay on the train. 

So, we need special coaches - engines combined - each coach can power itself. When you approach a station, you detach the last coach and it starts to slow down and stops when it gets to the station - that's easy. What about people getting on?

People wanting to get on will board a coach that's waiting at the station. It'll take off a few minutes before the bullet train arrives and the train will catch up with it.

A bit simplistic I know - when you're talking bullet train speeds, there's probably no way a coach can get there. And if it could, why a train anyways? You could just have coaches... Hmmm... It's a start..

Sunday, July 5, 2015

Whey Station

Here's a concept - when you're driving across the country, you're bound to come across these Weigh Stations that trucks have to enter to be weighed and charged. How about a restaurant chain that you start of strategically placing close to these - and promoting with the idea the protein is important.

Of course, you must give people the choice between Soy and Whey..