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A) What is your vision for a sustainable world?
My vision of a sustainable world would be similar to what we have now. In most ways. But a few things would be different that could make it much more sustainable and less polluted. It would have masses of trees. Modern-looking buildings. Just like those renderings of proposed building projects. Lush green plants wherever you look, but also cars. Automobiles would be everywhere, powered by two fuels: electricity (not my favorite) and biodiesel. Everyone has solar panels, wind and water turbines, and other natural ways for getting energy instead of burning coal or petrol. Landfills no longer exist, as everything is now made from sustainable and recyclable material. More buildings are built on top of these landfills.
- B) What are you planning to do to make this vision a reality?
I know this would be very far away, maybe not even possible, but some of the things I mentioned are already happening. Electric cars have started their attack on the streets, while biodiesel is likely to be popular in Europe due to the much higher percentage of diesel-powered cars there, given that almost any diesel engine can run on biodiesel. People already use solar panels and turbines for sources of energy, and the amount of those is just going to grow overtime. There are already places built on top of landfills, such as the Pulau Semakau Eco-Park in Singapore.
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Your text was very good ! your ideas about a sustainable world are incredible the example of biodiesel and electric cars surprised me because the world needs to be taken care of and your ideas will certainly help this to become reality.
It’s a great idea to have cars run on biodiesel! That, and most of the current diesel engines can run on it (as you said), which means that it is very easy for people to switch to the fuel! It seems to be a very achievable goal. However, I would like to point out that anything (with the exception of hydrogen—that I know of) combusted will still emit carbon, even if it is a biofuel, which is why I suggest that electricity is still a better idea for the long-term solution.
Even if electricity is a better idea in the long run, cars running on both biodiesel/fuel and electricity will give time for batteries and electrically run cars to be improved—more efficient, more battery life and so on. I believe this will also aid the transition.
As for the renewable energy, I don't think it would be practical for everyone to have all of the different forms of renewable energy (Hydro... Solar... You get it XD) (also if I was to take what you said literally), but it could be tailored to the specific environment of the proposed place, for example, if someone lives in a windy desert, they could use solar and wind energy.
Trees and shrubs everywhere you look is a great idea, and I personally love it! It provides natural shade, helps to reduce carbon in the air/atmosphere and breaks up the hard lines of the city. The blend of modern cities and nature is sure to be popular. Maybe rooftop and balcony gardens will become more popular too!
((Yes this is for an assignment, but also because I was very interested by this post :) ))
Great idea, it would be great if everyone had that thought. The world would be more sustainable if it was as you thought. But unfortunately we know that this is not easy to happen.
Hi Brandon, thanks for your post! My name is Summer and I'm going to be one of your mentors for this project.
I liked the image of tech and green living side by side that you talked about in your post. The very first thing that came to mind for me was Nanjing Green Towers, designed by Stefano Boeri. Have a look at that project and let me know what you think.
You have good ideas but if you build buildings on top of landfills it would be unstable and during Earthquakes or other natural disasters many more people would die. Also it will be stinky and people would not want to live there. I would like to know more about what you were thinking
I like that you have of a passion of wanting to change the world into a better place, but I think that you still need to keep in mind that people aren't just suddenly going to change, we need to take it one step at a time. Your idea of eliminating landfills is a great wish, but the real question is " Is this really possible? Are people really going to be willing to do that?". I think that we could definitely have less landfills, but having none is impossible.
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Sep 13, 2017