We've moved past the stage of traditional solar/wind farm at some far away land to create renewable energy. The way to go is to integrate ways of "Living Green" in our everyday life to reduce energy use and carbon emission. We have a bunch of innovative inventors to thank, to enable us to one day make the switch more convenient and feasible.
Inventions/ plans that integrates Living Green:
1. Efficient planning
E.g. Openheim's Beach Tower - an oasis: solar, wind, beach and plenty of greens
E.g. Green Geothermal District in Beijing
2. Solar power in your everyday life
E.g. Solar Powered iPod and iPhone-no need for chargers
E.g. Solar Powered Camel Clinics Carrying Medicine Across Dessert
And the one I'm Most Interested in is:
3. Creating energy from our own self
E.g. Crowd Farming
"The Crowd Farm works by turning mechanical energy into electricity. In this proposal, the weight of a person is translated to tiled blocks which be slightly pressed down as people walk past them. A generator embedded inside them would take that small vertical movement and translate it into energy. To prove that their concept works, they created a small stool which when sat on, would power four small LED lights inside it."
Imagine this:
"How many people does it take to launch the space shuttle? The answer is 84,162,203, all of them taking a single step in a Crowd farming system"
"The band takes center stage, the fans surge forward and the sheer power of the crowd’s excitement amplifies the sound of their favorite songs — providing enough energy, in fact, to move a train."
So imagine if this system is one day feasible and implemented at high traffic areas like a subway, stadium, mall, etc...Imagine the power that it'll generate...the power that WE will generate and all this simply by carrying on with our everyday lives. I think its pretty damn amazing how we can be self-sustainable.
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Other use of our kinetic energy:
E.g. Kinetic OLED Cell Phone - the more you use your phone the more energy it creates (complete opposite to what we have now)
E.g. Power your music with your running pants - what a future: create energy, burn fats
E.g. The human powered floating gym
Instead of overloading you with more links, why dont you visit inhabitat.com for more of these awesome creations.
^8 Cee
