Maglev America: How Maglev Will Transform the World Economy

Maglev America is a sequel to The Fight for Maglev published by Amazon in February 2012. In this new book, the inventors, and other experts, make the case for Maglev applications and projects that were not specifically detailed in The Fight for Maglev. The lead authors, Dr. James Powell and Dr. Gordon Danby, his co-inventor of superconducting maglev, and the contributing editors, share a vision for deploying Maglev technology as a transport system in the least disruptive way to the North American market by evolving America's aging passenger rail system (Amtrak) to Maglev. They show how this new high speed transport system can make the U.S.Capitol more secure by using it to eliminate the need for using the takeoff and landings paths to Ronald Reagan National Airport.Maglev America tells how the new 2nd generation superconducting Maglev can adapt subways and rail to Maglev. The book's includes a case study that shows how New York City's rail systems will save billions of dollars in operating costs when adapted to Maglev, with much greater comfort to the riders. Maglev America, also describes how the heavy lift capabilities of the 2nd generation superconducting Maglev transport can be deployed as a means of storing electric energy generated from large variable power generation facilities such as wind and solar, and how it can be used as a high-volume water transport system to meet the water resource challenge for many drought areas in the US and the World. The book also shows how Maglev can be used to provide future sustainable energy from space based solar generation and defense of the planet from a hit by an asteroid by using the fantastic speed of Maglev in a vacuum tube to build a high launch rate, highly affordable space launch facility.