The problem that many pacific islands face, is that while
they are concerned about climate change and erosion due
to rising seas, they still need to take fossil fuel powered
airplanes on their trips to Disney world and Vegas.
It is not likely anytime soon a large mass transit airplane
can
be electrically powered. To much electricity is required
over too long of distances.
This mode of transportation corrects this.
It consists of two electrified cables that run between each
pacific island and major destinations. Held aloft by
balloons chained to each other in a structured sky bridge,
the rails provide electricity to an aircraft via brushes on the
top of the craft. The airplane thereforr only needs enough
power for takeoff, enough to get into the air and fly to the
electric rainbow, where a trained pilot maneuvers the
airplane in contact with the power source.
Then, we can have a future as imagined by those street
tram visionaries that existed a century ago, skies criss
crossed not with exhaust and Chem trails, but with electric
rainbows.