At the town depot there are also other pipes–giant pipes that run the length and breadth of the country. This is a clean, efficient way to ship anything from a box of nails to a crane.
If someone buys a new electric car, this is the way it is delivered. The car is wrapped at the factory and dropped into the pipe full of liquid. Large pumps along the pipe keep the liquid flowing. Detectors at the pumping stations make sure there are no blockages and that the goods arrive at the right place.
When the car reaches the town’s main depot, it is lifted from the pipe, unwrapped, and delivered.
This is a very fast way of shipping goods. If you buy a car in the morning it will be delivered the same day.
Note: When Senator Ted Stevens described the Internet as “a series of tubes,” I’m pretty sure this is exactly what he was envisioning. Personally, I love the little car in a bubble beging hoisted by the crane.
So we’re almost done here folks. Just one more spread of content, and a few miscellaneous pages at the back of the book.
Join in the search for Geoffrey Hoyle so we can thank him for this wonderful book and his marvelous predictions, and perhaps find out how his 2010 stacks up to, well, his 2010.Update: Geoffrey Hoyle has been found. <a href=“http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=276126950210”>The Facebook group set up to aide in the search</a> still exists, and will be updated when there’s news.