GRAV-LEV
Originally developed by the United States military at its infamous Skunk Works, GRAV-LEV was abandoned in the late Twentieth Century due to pressure from International Oil interests. GRAV-LEV is a mode of transportation that in laymen’s terms harnesses the power of gravity.
GRAV-LEV tubes are tunnels that can propel a train like car at speeds of over 1000 kilometers per hour. Once tunneling technology was perfected the actual establishment of transportation with a nearly infinite power supply that required no mining of natural resources was possible.
World-wide GRAV-LEV came into play before the year 2100 and remains under the strict control of the GPP. With the abolishment of other fuel sources and the gradual destruction of the old transportation infrastructure GRAV-LEV has become the sole source of transportation in the world. Provinces that are excluded from GRAV-LEV are forced into a pre-industrialized state and effectively powerless.
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Recovered from classified GPP memorandum:
The illustration above appeared in a Popular Science Magazine (Nov 11, 2004). A consortium of North American and European counties lost over $100 billion in early development stages of this proposed predecessor to GRAV-LEV. Public outcry over governmental waste mothballed the system. This lay the ground work for the GPP to garner all existing documentation concerning the technology.
