Saving our planet- some crazy ideas!

There is so much talk about ecology, energy savings and going green, but not much visible concrete measures being taken either by governments or individuals.

Measures need to be taken at all levels to counter Global warming phenomenon. I believe, we need out of box solutions. While any individual measure may not give us desired results, collectively these small measures can make a difference.

Many of us have ideas brewing in our heads. So do I. Here are my crazy ideas. But aren’t all ideas seemed crazy in the beginning? Who had thought humans could fly till Wright brothers invented first flying machines!!
So here it goes:

1. All cities have particularly busy stretch of roads where cars ply 24x7, bumper to bumper, causing immense pollution.
Imagine for a moment that cars don’t move, but the road does. Cars would just come, put their credit ticket in a slot, and park themselves on these moving roads and the road will drop them, say a kilo meter away, after which they can move on their own. The roads can be made to move by electricity, whether generated by nuclear energy or hydro power, which is cheaper and less polluting.

2. Similarly so much of pollution is caused by public transport. If instead of busses, we can have elevated moving paths where pedestrians can just hold the railing and stand and cover a straight stretch of say half a kilo meter. There can be many such pathways zig zaging the city. Commuters can change from one to the other to reach their destination.
This is similar to moving paths that we have in many international airports. To counter elements of weather, it can be covered at top.

3. There is so much of awareness amongst youth for physical fitness now a day. We can have stationary cycles installed for citizens in parks where they can come and work up their muscles for free. Now we know cycling generates power. These cycles can be connected to a grid which will collect the electricity generated.

4. I saw on some channel a few days back that a devise is developed which can charge your cell while you are walking. Such devises should be made popular and more such uses can be found for them.


Crazy ideas, right? Even I think implementation of these ideas can be challenging. Nevertheless solutions to overcome them can be found, I am sure.