| The incredible properties of carbon nanotube | | | | material to make trucks, school buses and |
| technology means light weight material, | | | | passenger cars with it, although that will surely |
| transparency and strengths 50-250 times that of | | | | come in time.In the case of school buses most |
| steel. This means added safety to aircraft, cars, | | | | school districts are strapped with cash and cannot |
| buses and trains. It also means tremendous | | | | afford to replace buses due to budget constraints. |
| efficiencies in fuel.Indeed such material maybe | | | | Indeed, the high diesel prices are putting even |
| used to build houses, bridges and buildings in the | | | | more of a burden on the transportation divisions |
| path of potential storm surges from Super | | | | in school districts now, as well as city buses. The |
| Hurricanes or over Earthquake faults. Since it can | | | | safety in the future will come from buses being |
| be very flexible it maybe the perfect | | | | less top heavy and therefore fewer will tip over. |
| material.Unfortunately the costs to produce a | | | | The efficiency in fuel costs will come from the |
| single carbon nanotube sheet is presently so | | | | incredible reduction in weight.Right now the cost |
| expensive that any material made will be | | | | for a carbon nanotube sheet is very high, |
| immediately allotted to the very most important | | | | however in five years that may not be the case |
| uses. For instance Space Ships, Presidential | | | | and in ten years carbon nanotube sheets will be |
| Limousine, military aircraft, bulletproof vests or | | | | mass-produced by most industrialized nations. |
| testing its properties in labs. Therefore it will be a | | | | Think on this. |
| long time until we have large amounts of the | | | | |