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I've got a new invention which I think could revolutionize the transportation of people and goods: it's a teleport unit, which can transmit matter from one portal to another regardless of what is in between the portals.
Unlike most teleports, though, it isn't instantaneous. It takes exactly as long as it would take the item being teleported to travel in a straight line between the portals, at the speed the item was introduced to the portal: if it is introduced at 60mph, and the exit portal is 60 miles away, it will appear an hour later, still traveling at 60mph. The item being teleported doesn't seem to experience the time, but just sort of skips over it - it's instantaneous from the traveler's point of view, just not the rest of the world.
The problem is in the marketing of this. Obviously, I can't advertise it as being useful for getting to last minute business meetings: it'll take just as long as travelling in a straight line would, even if you don't experience that time. Testing has shown that people tend to feel a bit uncomfortable if they're travelling in a fast vehicle that goes through a portal where there is a jarring change of light/scenery, so I'm thinking of taking on the container shipping industry. My plan is simply to push containers through the portal, on rails, so the drivers never need to go through either way. I can't help feeling I've overlooked something though...
What's the best way to utilise this invention to get rich?
- It requires a portal at each end, but doesn't draw power beyond what a reasonable electric socket could provide (it doesn't need a power station to run, but can't be set up off-grid really)
- Haven't found any particular limit to how big the portals can be, but things being sent need to fit through both ends (well, technically not... But only the bits that do get transported...)
- Portals can't be moved while active
- If something is part way through a portal and stops moving, you get part of it sticking out each end, once the transmitted part reaches the destination. Not sure what happens if you then push from both ends... It seems unlikely to be good.
transportation teleportation
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I've got a new invention which I think could revolutionize the transportation of people and goods: it's a teleport unit, which can transmit matter from one portal to another regardless of what is in between the portals.
Unlike most teleports, though, it isn't instantaneous. It takes exactly as long as it would take the item being teleported to travel in a straight line between the portals, at the speed the item was introduced to the portal: if it is introduced at 60mph, and the exit portal is 60 miles away, it will appear an hour later, still traveling at 60mph. The item being teleported doesn't seem to experience the time, but just sort of skips over it - it's instantaneous from the traveler's point of view, just not the rest of the world.
The problem is in the marketing of this. Obviously, I can't advertise it as being useful for getting to last minute business meetings: it'll take just as long as travelling in a straight line would, even if you don't experience that time. Testing has shown that people tend to feel a bit uncomfortable if they're travelling in a fast vehicle that goes through a portal where there is a jarring change of light/scenery, so I'm thinking of taking on the container shipping industry. My plan is simply to push containers through the portal, on rails, so the drivers never need to go through either way. I can't help feeling I've overlooked something though...
What's the best way to utilise this invention to get rich?
- It requires a portal at each end, but doesn't draw power beyond what a reasonable electric socket could provide (it doesn't need a power station to run, but can't be set up off-grid really)
- Haven't found any particular limit to how big the portals can be, but things being sent need to fit through both ends (well, technically not... But only the bits that do get transported...)
- Portals can't be moved while active
- If something is part way through a portal and stops moving, you get part of it sticking out each end, once the transmitted part reaches the destination. Not sure what happens if you then push from both ends... It seems unlikely to be good.
transportation teleportation
asked 27 mins ago
Matthew
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What exactly is your question? How to market the portals, what uses they could have or whether you overlooked some possibly catastrophic error in the system? As it stands, your question is too broad.
– Elmy
22 mins ago
I'd also question whether it's really related to world-building... but I suppose it could be.
– colmde
18 mins ago
Congratulations! You just put container ships out of order
– Pavel Janicek
7 mins ago
For your last point, you seem to be misunderstanding the portal. If you move something halfway through the portal and then stop, the item will not be moving. Part of it will not detach because the item has no speed. If it pokes through the other end of the portal and both people push on it, it will move like a normal object. To test this, punch a hole through a piece of cardboard and stick a pencil through. You can't see the part in the middle of the pencil covered by the cardboard, but it is still there. What if you push on both sides? If you push equally on both sides, the pencil won't move
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I've got a new invention which I think could revolutionize the transportation of people and goods: it's a teleport unit, which can transmit matter from one portal to another regardless of what is in between the portals.
Unlike most teleports, though, it isn't instantaneous. It takes exactly as long as it would take the item being teleported to travel in a straight line between the portals, at the speed the item was introduced to the portal: if it is introduced at 60mph, and the exit portal is 60 miles away, it will appear an hour later, still traveling at 60mph. The item being teleported doesn't seem to experience the time, but just sort of skips over it - it's instantaneous from the traveler's point of view, just not the rest of the world.
The problem is in the marketing of this. Obviously, I can't advertise it as being useful for getting to last minute business meetings: it'll take just as long as travelling in a straight line would, even if you don't experience that time. Testing has shown that people tend to feel a bit uncomfortable if they're travelling in a fast vehicle that goes through a portal where there is a jarring change of light/scenery, so I'm thinking of taking on the container shipping industry. My plan is simply to push containers through the portal, on rails, so the drivers never need to go through either way. I can't help feeling I've overlooked something though...
What's the best way to utilise this invention to get rich?
- It requires a portal at each end, but doesn't draw power beyond what a reasonable electric socket could provide (it doesn't need a power station to run, but can't be set up off-grid really)
- Haven't found any particular limit to how big the portals can be, but things being sent need to fit through both ends (well, technically not... But only the bits that do get transported...)
- Portals can't be moved while active
- If something is part way through a portal and stops moving, you get part of it sticking out each end, once the transmitted part reaches the destination. Not sure what happens if you then push from both ends... It seems unlikely to be good.
transportation teleportation
asked 27 mins ago
Matthew
759714
I've got a new invention which I think could revolutionize the transportation of people and goods: it's a teleport unit, which can transmit matter from one portal to another regardless of what is in between the portals.
Unlike most teleports, though, it isn't instantaneous. It takes exactly as long as it would take the item being teleported to travel in a straight line between the portals, at the speed the item was introduced to the portal: if it is introduced at 60mph, and the exit portal is 60 miles away, it will appear an hour later, still traveling at 60mph. The item being teleported doesn't seem to experience the time, but just sort of skips over it - it's instantaneous from the traveler's point of view, just not the rest of the world.
The problem is in the marketing of this. Obviously, I can't advertise it as being useful for getting to last minute business meetings: it'll take just as long as travelling in a straight line would, even if you don't experience that time. Testing has shown that people tend to feel a bit uncomfortable if they're travelling in a fast vehicle that goes through a portal where there is a jarring change of light/scenery, so I'm thinking of taking on the container shipping industry. My plan is simply to push containers through the portal, on rails, so the drivers never need to go through either way. I can't help feeling I've overlooked something though...
What's the best way to utilise this invention to get rich?
- It requires a portal at each end, but doesn't draw power beyond what a reasonable electric socket could provide (it doesn't need a power station to run, but can't be set up off-grid really)
- Haven't found any particular limit to how big the portals can be, but things being sent need to fit through both ends (well, technically not... But only the bits that do get transported...)
- Portals can't be moved while active
- If something is part way through a portal and stops moving, you get part of it sticking out each end, once the transmitted part reaches the destination. Not sure what happens if you then push from both ends... It seems unlikely to be good.
transportation teleportation
transportation teleportation
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Matthew
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asked 27 mins ago
Matthew
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asked 27 mins ago
Matthew
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asked 27 mins ago
Matthew
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asked 27 mins ago
Matthew
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What exactly is your question? How to market the portals, what uses they could have or whether you overlooked some possibly catastrophic error in the system? As it stands, your question is too broad.
– Elmy
22 mins ago
I'd also question whether it's really related to world-building... but I suppose it could be.
– colmde
18 mins ago
Congratulations! You just put container ships out of order
– Pavel Janicek
7 mins ago
For your last point, you seem to be misunderstanding the portal. If you move something halfway through the portal and then stop, the item will not be moving. Part of it will not detach because the item has no speed. If it pokes through the other end of the portal and both people push on it, it will move like a normal object. To test this, punch a hole through a piece of cardboard and stick a pencil through. You can't see the part in the middle of the pencil covered by the cardboard, but it is still there. What if you push on both sides? If you push equally on both sides, the pencil won't move
– John Locke
4 mins ago
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What exactly is your question? How to market the portals, what uses they could have or whether you overlooked some possibly catastrophic error in the system? As it stands, your question is too broad.
– Elmy
22 mins ago
I'd also question whether it's really related to world-building... but I suppose it could be.
– colmde
18 mins ago
Congratulations! You just put container ships out of order
– Pavel Janicek
7 mins ago
For your last point, you seem to be misunderstanding the portal. If you move something halfway through the portal and then stop, the item will not be moving. Part of it will not detach because the item has no speed. If it pokes through the other end of the portal and both people push on it, it will move like a normal object. To test this, punch a hole through a piece of cardboard and stick a pencil through. You can't see the part in the middle of the pencil covered by the cardboard, but it is still there. What if you push on both sides? If you push equally on both sides, the pencil won't move
– John Locke
4 mins ago
What exactly is your question? How to market the portals, what uses they could have or whether you overlooked some possibly catastrophic error in the system? As it stands, your question is too broad.
– Elmy
22 mins ago
What exactly is your question? How to market the portals, what uses they could have or whether you overlooked some possibly catastrophic error in the system? As it stands, your question is too broad.
– Elmy
22 mins ago
I'd also question whether it's really related to world-building... but I suppose it could be.
– colmde
18 mins ago
I'd also question whether it's really related to world-building... but I suppose it could be.
– colmde
18 mins ago
Congratulations! You just put container ships out of order
– Pavel Janicek
7 mins ago
Congratulations! You just put container ships out of order
– Pavel Janicek
7 mins ago
For your last point, you seem to be misunderstanding the portal. If you move something halfway through the portal and then stop, the item will not be moving. Part of it will not detach because the item has no speed. If it pokes through the other end of the portal and both people push on it, it will move like a normal object. To test this, punch a hole through a piece of cardboard and stick a pencil through. You can't see the part in the middle of the pencil covered by the cardboard, but it is still there. What if you push on both sides? If you push equally on both sides, the pencil won't move
– John Locke
4 mins ago
For your last point, you seem to be misunderstanding the portal. If you move something halfway through the portal and then stop, the item will not be moving. Part of it will not detach because the item has no speed. If it pokes through the other end of the portal and both people push on it, it will move like a normal object. To test this, punch a hole through a piece of cardboard and stick a pencil through. You can't see the part in the middle of the pencil covered by the cardboard, but it is still there. What if you push on both sides? If you push equally on both sides, the pencil won't move
– John Locke
4 mins ago
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You're thinking people, but moving people around is low volume and high cost relative to the profits to be made from moving goods. The railway companies have always wanted to stop transporting people for exactly this reason, even though moving people is the iconic purpose of railways.
You've added an avenue primarily for the movement of perishable, highly delicate goods, or even live animals. You're not going to be damaging or aging things in transit if they don't experience time on the way. Don't worry about speed, modern container ships are slower than the old sailing ships.
Your movement costs also seem to be considerably lower than normal shipping, what you've probably forgotten is TANSTAAFL, and this looks a lot like a free lunch.
Less profitable uses:
There are some interesting considerations in emergency response where an ambulance becomes a mobile portal, shove the patient in on pickup and there's no deterioration of the condition on the way to a hospital anywhere in the world.
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If it uses the amount of power that one can draw from a household socket, the "no time experienced" part is almost as important as the "transport over distance" part.
If you point the ends of two of these portals at each other, you can create a loop that holds for as long as each portal is drawing power. Any object introduced into the system enters suspended animation. You can drop the item out of suspended animation by cutting the power to one of the portals.
You just solved the deep space hypersleep problem. You also have replaced certain types of refrigeration / freezing. There are also interesting things that could be done here in the criminal justice space.
answered 9 mins ago
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On the "black market", it could be used to bypass customs, or immigration control, as a way of delivering illegal drugs or other controlled items.
Alternatively, militaries and similar organisations could use it to transport large numbers of troops, weapons and resources, e.g. across neutral or hostile territories without having to worry about treaties or negotiating access, or being detected, etc.
Also for humanitarian problems - people trapped in certain situations could escape (e.g. if they are under siege, or in a cave (depending on the portability of the device), etc.) or have important supplies delivered to them.
answered 8 mins ago
colmde
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Congratulations! You just made container ships obsolete!
Container ship is the tool of transport when talking about bulk transport:
Even if you ship goods at relatively slow speed of railway transport, you:
- Actually made shipping goods faster, because you save time on unloading and re-loading cargo from and to ship
- Made ton of savings on fuel, because if the portal runs "from the power socket" it is fraction of shipping cost
- Also, you made shipping of goods ultra-safe and not reliable on weather (related question: What happens if I unplug the portal in the middle of transportation?)
Being at your place, I would contact some world-wide shipping company. They will pay you anything you ask, really
answered 17 secs ago
Pavel Janicek
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4 Answers
4
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
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active
oldest
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up vote
3
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Goods
You're thinking people, but moving people around is low volume and high cost relative to the profits to be made from moving goods. The railway companies have always wanted to stop transporting people for exactly this reason, even though moving people is the iconic purpose of railways.
You've added an avenue primarily for the movement of perishable, highly delicate goods, or even live animals. You're not going to be damaging or aging things in transit if they don't experience time on the way. Don't worry about speed, modern container ships are slower than the old sailing ships.
Your movement costs also seem to be considerably lower than normal shipping, what you've probably forgotten is TANSTAAFL, and this looks a lot like a free lunch.
Less profitable uses:
There are some interesting considerations in emergency response where an ambulance becomes a mobile portal, shove the patient in on pickup and there's no deterioration of the condition on the way to a hospital anywhere in the world.
answered 15 mins ago
Separatrix
69.9k30163273
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up vote
3
down vote
Goods
You're thinking people, but moving people around is low volume and high cost relative to the profits to be made from moving goods. The railway companies have always wanted to stop transporting people for exactly this reason, even though moving people is the iconic purpose of railways.
You've added an avenue primarily for the movement of perishable, highly delicate goods, or even live animals. You're not going to be damaging or aging things in transit if they don't experience time on the way. Don't worry about speed, modern container ships are slower than the old sailing ships.
Your movement costs also seem to be considerably lower than normal shipping, what you've probably forgotten is TANSTAAFL, and this looks a lot like a free lunch.
Less profitable uses:
There are some interesting considerations in emergency response where an ambulance becomes a mobile portal, shove the patient in on pickup and there's no deterioration of the condition on the way to a hospital anywhere in the world.
answered 15 mins ago
Separatrix
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up vote
3
down vote
up vote
3
down vote
Goods
You're thinking people, but moving people around is low volume and high cost relative to the profits to be made from moving goods. The railway companies have always wanted to stop transporting people for exactly this reason, even though moving people is the iconic purpose of railways.
You've added an avenue primarily for the movement of perishable, highly delicate goods, or even live animals. You're not going to be damaging or aging things in transit if they don't experience time on the way. Don't worry about speed, modern container ships are slower than the old sailing ships.
Your movement costs also seem to be considerably lower than normal shipping, what you've probably forgotten is TANSTAAFL, and this looks a lot like a free lunch.
Less profitable uses:
There are some interesting considerations in emergency response where an ambulance becomes a mobile portal, shove the patient in on pickup and there's no deterioration of the condition on the way to a hospital anywhere in the world.
answered 15 mins ago
Separatrix
69.9k30163273
Goods
You're thinking people, but moving people around is low volume and high cost relative to the profits to be made from moving goods. The railway companies have always wanted to stop transporting people for exactly this reason, even though moving people is the iconic purpose of railways.
You've added an avenue primarily for the movement of perishable, highly delicate goods, or even live animals. You're not going to be damaging or aging things in transit if they don't experience time on the way. Don't worry about speed, modern container ships are slower than the old sailing ships.
Your movement costs also seem to be considerably lower than normal shipping, what you've probably forgotten is TANSTAAFL, and this looks a lot like a free lunch.
Less profitable uses:
There are some interesting considerations in emergency response where an ambulance becomes a mobile portal, shove the patient in on pickup and there's no deterioration of the condition on the way to a hospital anywhere in the world.
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If it uses the amount of power that one can draw from a household socket, the "no time experienced" part is almost as important as the "transport over distance" part.
If you point the ends of two of these portals at each other, you can create a loop that holds for as long as each portal is drawing power. Any object introduced into the system enters suspended animation. You can drop the item out of suspended animation by cutting the power to one of the portals.
You just solved the deep space hypersleep problem. You also have replaced certain types of refrigeration / freezing. There are also interesting things that could be done here in the criminal justice space.
answered 9 mins ago
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If it uses the amount of power that one can draw from a household socket, the "no time experienced" part is almost as important as the "transport over distance" part.
If you point the ends of two of these portals at each other, you can create a loop that holds for as long as each portal is drawing power. Any object introduced into the system enters suspended animation. You can drop the item out of suspended animation by cutting the power to one of the portals.
You just solved the deep space hypersleep problem. You also have replaced certain types of refrigeration / freezing. There are also interesting things that could be done here in the criminal justice space.
answered 9 mins ago
tbrookside
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up vote
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up vote
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If it uses the amount of power that one can draw from a household socket, the "no time experienced" part is almost as important as the "transport over distance" part.
If you point the ends of two of these portals at each other, you can create a loop that holds for as long as each portal is drawing power. Any object introduced into the system enters suspended animation. You can drop the item out of suspended animation by cutting the power to one of the portals.
You just solved the deep space hypersleep problem. You also have replaced certain types of refrigeration / freezing. There are also interesting things that could be done here in the criminal justice space.
answered 9 mins ago
tbrookside
1,537129
If it uses the amount of power that one can draw from a household socket, the "no time experienced" part is almost as important as the "transport over distance" part.
If you point the ends of two of these portals at each other, you can create a loop that holds for as long as each portal is drawing power. Any object introduced into the system enters suspended animation. You can drop the item out of suspended animation by cutting the power to one of the portals.
You just solved the deep space hypersleep problem. You also have replaced certain types of refrigeration / freezing. There are also interesting things that could be done here in the criminal justice space.
answered 9 mins ago
tbrookside
1,537129
answered 9 mins ago
tbrookside
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answered 9 mins ago
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On the "black market", it could be used to bypass customs, or immigration control, as a way of delivering illegal drugs or other controlled items.
Alternatively, militaries and similar organisations could use it to transport large numbers of troops, weapons and resources, e.g. across neutral or hostile territories without having to worry about treaties or negotiating access, or being detected, etc.
Also for humanitarian problems - people trapped in certain situations could escape (e.g. if they are under siege, or in a cave (depending on the portability of the device), etc.) or have important supplies delivered to them.
answered 8 mins ago
colmde
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On the "black market", it could be used to bypass customs, or immigration control, as a way of delivering illegal drugs or other controlled items.
Alternatively, militaries and similar organisations could use it to transport large numbers of troops, weapons and resources, e.g. across neutral or hostile territories without having to worry about treaties or negotiating access, or being detected, etc.
Also for humanitarian problems - people trapped in certain situations could escape (e.g. if they are under siege, or in a cave (depending on the portability of the device), etc.) or have important supplies delivered to them.
answered 8 mins ago
colmde
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up vote
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On the "black market", it could be used to bypass customs, or immigration control, as a way of delivering illegal drugs or other controlled items.
Alternatively, militaries and similar organisations could use it to transport large numbers of troops, weapons and resources, e.g. across neutral or hostile territories without having to worry about treaties or negotiating access, or being detected, etc.
Also for humanitarian problems - people trapped in certain situations could escape (e.g. if they are under siege, or in a cave (depending on the portability of the device), etc.) or have important supplies delivered to them.
answered 8 mins ago
colmde
5,733928
On the "black market", it could be used to bypass customs, or immigration control, as a way of delivering illegal drugs or other controlled items.
Alternatively, militaries and similar organisations could use it to transport large numbers of troops, weapons and resources, e.g. across neutral or hostile territories without having to worry about treaties or negotiating access, or being detected, etc.
Also for humanitarian problems - people trapped in certain situations could escape (e.g. if they are under siege, or in a cave (depending on the portability of the device), etc.) or have important supplies delivered to them.
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colmde
5,733928
answered 8 mins ago
colmde
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colmde
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answered 8 mins ago
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Congratulations! You just made container ships obsolete!
Container ship is the tool of transport when talking about bulk transport:
Even if you ship goods at relatively slow speed of railway transport, you:
- Actually made shipping goods faster, because you save time on unloading and re-loading cargo from and to ship
- Made ton of savings on fuel, because if the portal runs "from the power socket" it is fraction of shipping cost
- Also, you made shipping of goods ultra-safe and not reliable on weather (related question: What happens if I unplug the portal in the middle of transportation?)
Being at your place, I would contact some world-wide shipping company. They will pay you anything you ask, really
answered 17 secs ago
Pavel Janicek
27.5k21123200
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
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Congratulations! You just made container ships obsolete!
Container ship is the tool of transport when talking about bulk transport:
Even if you ship goods at relatively slow speed of railway transport, you:
- Actually made shipping goods faster, because you save time on unloading and re-loading cargo from and to ship
- Made ton of savings on fuel, because if the portal runs "from the power socket" it is fraction of shipping cost
- Also, you made shipping of goods ultra-safe and not reliable on weather (related question: What happens if I unplug the portal in the middle of transportation?)
Being at your place, I would contact some world-wide shipping company. They will pay you anything you ask, really
answered 17 secs ago
Pavel Janicek
27.5k21123200
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
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Congratulations! You just made container ships obsolete!
Container ship is the tool of transport when talking about bulk transport:
Even if you ship goods at relatively slow speed of railway transport, you:
- Actually made shipping goods faster, because you save time on unloading and re-loading cargo from and to ship
- Made ton of savings on fuel, because if the portal runs "from the power socket" it is fraction of shipping cost
- Also, you made shipping of goods ultra-safe and not reliable on weather (related question: What happens if I unplug the portal in the middle of transportation?)
Being at your place, I would contact some world-wide shipping company. They will pay you anything you ask, really
answered 17 secs ago
Pavel Janicek
27.5k21123200
Congratulations! You just made container ships obsolete!
Container ship is the tool of transport when talking about bulk transport:
Even if you ship goods at relatively slow speed of railway transport, you:
- Actually made shipping goods faster, because you save time on unloading and re-loading cargo from and to ship
- Made ton of savings on fuel, because if the portal runs "from the power socket" it is fraction of shipping cost
- Also, you made shipping of goods ultra-safe and not reliable on weather (related question: What happens if I unplug the portal in the middle of transportation?)
Being at your place, I would contact some world-wide shipping company. They will pay you anything you ask, really
answered 17 secs ago
Pavel Janicek
27.5k21123200
answered 17 secs ago
Pavel Janicek
27.5k21123200
answered 17 secs ago
Pavel Janicek
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answered 17 secs ago
Pavel Janicek
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What exactly is your question? How to market the portals, what uses they could have or whether you overlooked some possibly catastrophic error in the system? As it stands, your question is too broad.
– Elmy
22 mins ago
I'd also question whether it's really related to world-building... but I suppose it could be.
– colmde
18 mins ago
Congratulations! You just put container ships out of order
– Pavel Janicek
7 mins ago
For your last point, you seem to be misunderstanding the portal. If you move something halfway through the portal and then stop, the item will not be moving. Part of it will not detach because the item has no speed. If it pokes through the other end of the portal and both people push on it, it will move like a normal object. To test this, punch a hole through a piece of cardboard and stick a pencil through. You can't see the part in the middle of the pencil covered by the cardboard, but it is still there. What if you push on both sides? If you push equally on both sides, the pencil won't move
– John Locke
4 mins ago