tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post3917579175516315639..comments2023-11-03T04:29:29.498-04:00Comments on Paleo-Future: Highways by Automation (1958)Matt Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09360406896692501416noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-55649084903503040282008-01-06T16:12:00.000-05:002008-01-06T16:12:00.000-05:00Jungles, who needs jungles? Air, who needs air? ...Jungles, who needs jungles? Air, who needs air? What we need is roads! I agree with Benjamin at the top.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-11312010104856236222007-09-10T22:46:00.000-04:002007-09-10T22:46:00.000-04:00E.g. on flat terrain earthwork may only require a ...<I>E.g. on flat terrain earthwork may only require a few grading machines and go very quickly, but paving moves more slowly, therefore it either needs more time or more machines.</I><BR/><BR/>Actually site prep takes at least ten times as long as actual paving. This doesn't change your main point about the all-in-one device being crazily inefficient.johnny phenothiazinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01128994712643274580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-80259741965810845382007-08-19T19:47:00.000-04:002007-08-19T19:47:00.000-04:00Clearly not the "greenest" way to build roads.Clearly not the "greenest" way to build roads.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04295878258960276544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-19754122801048545002007-08-18T17:13:00.000-04:002007-08-18T17:13:00.000-04:00Very well!!!Good work!!! I have a good blog about ...Very well!!!Good work!!! I have a good blog about music, and I would thankful for your visit, please see in:<BR/>http://fameineua.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-63291275679411497842007-08-17T07:00:00.000-04:002007-08-17T07:00:00.000-04:00Anything is Possible!Anything is Possible!Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13358184267144055265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-42415363854317988492007-08-17T04:04:00.000-04:002007-08-17T04:04:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.CaptainCrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10645282677784976948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-10974467491793919352007-08-16T22:27:00.000-04:002007-08-16T22:27:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-86601452980877457992007-08-16T19:45:00.000-04:002007-08-16T19:45:00.000-04:00damnit I spelled it wrong more than once.... wthdamnit I spelled it wrong more than once.... wthAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-34257452912326146542007-08-16T19:44:00.000-04:002007-08-16T19:44:00.000-04:00What we really need is vaccuum tubes. I forget whe...What we really need is vaccuum tubes. I forget where I saw it but some guy did a study on how much energy and time we would save with city wide and even country wide vaccuum tubes for people and freight. <BR/><BR/>I vote for Vaccuum Tubes!<BR/><BR/>no I don't suckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-4530946841104645322007-08-16T18:39:00.000-04:002007-08-16T18:39:00.000-04:00Actually I think I saw one of those back up in Can...Actually I think I saw one of those back up in Canada a few months ago. They're great.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10681392189828303106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-21371948034510956532007-08-16T18:16:00.000-04:002007-08-16T18:16:00.000-04:00sagitariosagitarioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-11859323353555059582007-08-16T18:07:00.000-04:002007-08-16T18:07:00.000-04:00Hmmmm, does that thing build bridges? We need a ne...Hmmmm, does that thing build bridges? We need a new one in Minneapolis....Missyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11904564712432173588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-34650112097793259932007-08-16T17:19:00.000-04:002007-08-16T17:19:00.000-04:00Nice blog! I've seen a link at "Blogs of note" and...Nice blog! I've seen a link at "Blogs of note" and (although I'm Spanish and my English is very poor) I've liked it a lot. I'll even bookmark it after posting this.Jose(Bloguitar.es)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02788809740673651938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-60870959809043700322007-08-16T15:02:00.000-04:002007-08-16T15:02:00.000-04:00The cost of helicopter delivery of heavy raw mater...The cost of helicopter delivery of heavy raw materials like concrete would be impractical for all but the most extreme locations.<BR/><BR/>All-in-one machines already exist for tunneling underground, but that kind of construction is so expensive peak efficiency doesn't matter.<BR/><BR/>Highway construction, on the other hand, is a competitive business, more so now than in the late 1950s when this article appeared.<BR/><BR/>Above ground, building a road goes in steps that have varying needs. An all-in-one machine would be less efficient.<BR/><BR/>E.g. on flat terrain earthwork may only require a few grading machines and go very quickly, but paving moves more slowly, therefore it either needs more time or more machines. The fast-moving grading machines can go do other jobs, while the slow-moving paving machines finish up. Moreover, with separate machines the contractor can assign more or less resources to complete by a required date.<BR/><BR/>Put simply: an efficient business might want more paving machines than grading machines.<BR/><BR/>So, unless you're building a road like in "Thunderbirds" i.e. on the side of a mountain, in a lightning storm, just above a nuclear powerplant, you don't need a machine like this to do it. ;-)R Fischerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02539165949237445708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-50435220127422764032007-08-16T14:47:00.000-04:002007-08-16T14:47:00.000-04:00Gordon:We don't have something like this because r...Gordon:<BR/><BR/>We don't have something like this because road building is a form of pork spending. Why would you build a machine that would do the work of hundreds of human workers, when those human workers vote?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-28229539582088768022007-08-16T13:55:00.000-04:002007-08-16T13:55:00.000-04:00I still wonder why we don't have something like th...I still wonder why we don't have something like this. I can understand that road repair and road building in urban and suburban areas would require workers to prevent damaging existing infrastructure, but for rural highways such a machine seems like it would be a fantastic tool. Maybe we've already built all the roads that such a machine could handle, though.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08008822747303012291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-22413023852827944602007-08-16T10:15:00.000-04:002007-08-16T10:15:00.000-04:00"Tear down the rainforest to build a six-lane free..."Tear down the rainforest to build a six-lane freeway? How could we go wrong?" I just love the utter can-do ballsiness of it all.Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17238384597549720950noreply@blogger.com