tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post293415434222431956..comments2008-10-25T20:21:27.176-04:00Matt Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09360406896692501416matt@paleofuture.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-52653423933119697862008-01-11T23:43:00.000-05:002008-01-11T23:43:00.000-05:002008-01-11T23:43:00.000-05:00We have wireless power now, it just has the side effect of cooking everything in between source and destination.<BR/><BR/>Probably a bad idea for public transit, in most places.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-87499283672199672102008-01-08T15:57:00.000-05:002008-01-08T15:57:00.000-05:002008-01-08T15:57:00.000-05:00I suppose the main difference between the utopia and what actually happened is that they didn't see the possibility that batteries would become able to store larger amounts of energy.<BR/><BR/>Not to say we are there yet, but that's closest I can think of idea above.<BR/><BR/>Of course, in the communist countries busses ran on electricity as early as 60s (they ran cables over the streets and the busses drew energy from those, similarly to trains today). <BR/><BR/>Finland has similar busses at least at Helsinki at 70s, but they were phased out in favour of diesel and biogas.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and wireless power transfrer is still in the works. Has been since Tesla, I suppose. Would have been nice to know what he actually knew on the subject.. :)Salohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16063525657272158093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-12306162451303046892008-01-08T07:05:00.000-05:002008-01-08T07:05:00.000-05:002008-01-08T07:05:00.000-05:00Wireless power transmission shows up a lot in 1930s science fiction, too.Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03404920751035863730noreply@blogger.com