In last night's State of the Union address, President Obama talked a lot about the need to upgrade our country's infrastructure, from power plants to railroads, both to create jobs and to improve efficiency. He wasn't kidding: We lose an average of seven billion gallons of water a day to leaks in the system. Power interruptions cost the economy about $79 billion annually. And we all remember the Minneapolis bridge collapse, but up to a quarter of all the bridges in the country are in need of attention.
Fortunately, there are some amazing technologies already rolling out, and more just waiting for the funding the President talked about. We reached out to experts in transportation, telecommunications, sewage and water to figure out what kinds of technologies might be part of this next generation of infrastructure and found that the key isn't patches, it's an overhaul.
Smart systems that deliver only the power needed or recycle sewage for water and energy. Cantilevered trains could be built over existing roads. Roads could de-ice themselves. Here are 25 of those transformational technologies that might become reality sooner than later.
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"Roads could de-ice themselves."
Wow! Sounds amazing!
Well the problem with Obama is, he says a lot of stuff and never delivers, like most before him.
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I think the future America's infrastructure should include the aneutronic reactor, because it can harness the fusion energy converting it into electricity with an efficiency exceeding 90% without neutron hazards.
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This lokos like a very opptimistic plan to me. DOes the use of nuclear reactors outweigh the green benefits to the environment?
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I won't hold my breath for this transformation, but even if a fraction of it can be achieved, roll it on out and who knows, maybe someday.