Current global concerns with regard to consumption of fuel and propulson chemicals is focussed on refining the current methodology ie: burning, combustion technology.

I would like to see research shift away from this primitive technology to a frictionless, electromagnetic system that uses compression and opposing magnetic field technology to impel space bound vehicles into the upper atmosphere to escape gravitational forces. A space vehicle with a combined system of this technology and jet propulsion systems would see an increased efficiency in distance gained to fuel used. Lighter loads for vehicles would mean less fuel required to escape the atmosphere. A vertical launch tube within which such a space vehicle could be housed and launched from is one model. That way the onus of energy required to launch remains on the planet and thereby removes the load from the space vehicle.