Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Most transport media in use today are generally fossil fuel powered. The reason for this is the ease of use and the existence of mature technologies harnessing this fuel source. Fossil fuels represent a concentrated, relatively compact source of energy. The drawbacks of such transportation media are that they are heavily polluting, and rely on limited energy sources.Many ideas exist which try to either harness renewable forms of energy, more efficiently use fossil fuel, or use human power, or some hybrid of these, to move people and things.The list below contains some forms of transport not in general use, but considered as possibilities in the future.Air-propelled train (abandoned in 19th century)Bounce tube pneumatic travel (Proposed by Robert A. Heinlein in 1956)Vactrain also known as ET3BiModal Glideway (Dual Mode Transportation System) travel (Proposed by William D. Davis, Jr. in 1967)TEV Project (proposed by Will Jones in Summer 2012)Kwik Lane also spelled as Qwik Lane (proposed by McCrary Personal Transport Systems, LLC in 2011)Copter harness (proposed by Robert A. Heinlein in 1954)Dual-mode vehicleHyperloopIntelligent Transportation SystemJet packLaunch loopOrbital ringPersonal air vehicle (Flying car)Personal rapid transitRolling road (proposed by Robert A. Heinlein in 1940)Slidewalk (proposed by Robert A. Heinlein in 1948)Light sail (proposed by Jack Vance in 1962)Space elevator (proposed by Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky in 1895)Spacecraft propulsion or Space transportTeleportationSkyTran↑ ↑"@en }
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- List_of_proposed_future_transport abstract "Most transport media in use today are generally fossil fuel powered. The reason for this is the ease of use and the existence of mature technologies harnessing this fuel source. Fossil fuels represent a concentrated, relatively compact source of energy. The drawbacks of such transportation media are that they are heavily polluting, and rely on limited energy sources.Many ideas exist which try to either harness renewable forms of energy, more efficiently use fossil fuel, or use human power, or some hybrid of these, to move people and things.The list below contains some forms of transport not in general use, but considered as possibilities in the future.Air-propelled train (abandoned in 19th century)Bounce tube pneumatic travel (Proposed by Robert A. Heinlein in 1956)Vactrain also known as ET3BiModal Glideway (Dual Mode Transportation System) travel (Proposed by William D. Davis, Jr. in 1967)TEV Project (proposed by Will Jones in Summer 2012)Kwik Lane also spelled as Qwik Lane (proposed by McCrary Personal Transport Systems, LLC in 2011)Copter harness (proposed by Robert A. Heinlein in 1954)Dual-mode vehicleHyperloopIntelligent Transportation SystemJet packLaunch loopOrbital ringPersonal air vehicle (Flying car)Personal rapid transitRolling road (proposed by Robert A. Heinlein in 1940)Slidewalk (proposed by Robert A. Heinlein in 1948)Light sail (proposed by Jack Vance in 1962)Space elevator (proposed by Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky in 1895)Spacecraft propulsion or Space transportTeleportationSkyTran↑ ↑".