Evacuated Tube Transport could take you around the world in just 6 hours

Evacuated Tube Transport is an airless, frictionless, maglev-like form of transportation which is safer, cheaper and quieter than trains or airplanes. Six-person capsules travel in the tubes and can reach a maximum speed of 6,500 km/h, and provide 50 times more transportation per kwh. A tube can travel from New York to Beijing in two hours, and make a round-the-world trip in just six hours.

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Sources: ET3.com, Discovery News  // http://newsdirect.nma.com.tw/SingleItem.aspx?asset_id=OEM_20120417_OINT_007_v1