Friday, February 22, 2013

Renewable power and Energy Conservation



1. Car combining - many a time, I've come across single people travelling within huge cars such as Innova, Civic etc. Exactly what a colossal waste associated with precious fuel..! Individuals going to the same place of work from nearby places can take turns as well as drive their automobiles to work. Or businesses themselves can operate cab-like systems even for individuals at the higher managing cadre.

Today there are many technical parks which home many IT as well as Finance companies. Instead of getting separate Cabs for each company in the exact same complex, the total transport can be outsourced for an agency. Now, think about a hypothetical situation for instance, say at ITPL: Infy, Wipro, Siemens, Oracle as well as GE have setup offices. All the transport concerning the employees of these companies can be provided to a single agency. This way, you're not having individual vehicles, and conserving a lot on energy. I see some busses with "Global Village Technologies Park" on them, good if they're actually doing this..!
Two. Public transport - this particular topic was mostly discussed in my prior posts' comments. Any town can keep its individuals happy only we have an efficient and inexpensive transport system. Through my experience, I'm able to say that an ideal situation would be buses rich in frequency like in Chennai, the caliber of the buses becoming like those in Bangalore, and also the autos with costs like in Bangalore. This is clearly an ideal scenario, however transport organizations can function towards this. The actual BMTC in Bangalore is doing pretty a good job using its services, and is The biggest profit making transportation org in Indian. The much hyped city rail can ease the burden off the buses to some great extent. But I truly feel it can be a lot more successful if intra-city teach networks are built subterranean. So much of space is actually saved above the floor, that can be used for extending or for construction associated with flyovers. And talking associated with flyovers, many of the flyovers today tend to be broad enough in order to barely give the room they take on floor..! So what's the stage.??! We need better preparing. The transport as well as civil organizations should work in tandem to do this. The constructions tend to be outsourced to private businesses, which is a good transfer, as pvt orgs will be outcome and deadline focused.

3. Control of automobile inflow -

Somewhere, there is Nano [Tata], that is a path-breaking innovation, on the other you will find big luxury vehicles which many people lust following. Let me take the previous first. True, we've got the technology and its pricing tend to be revolutionary. No one really thought that a car could be sold at One lakh Rupees, and Tata has made it feasible. The common man's vehicle is almost here. Tata and so forth can make fantastic company. Everyone has a car. Most people are happy. Great! However think of the consequences. There might be two- three Nanos in a single home. This means each person in the household can have a car from his disposal. The vehicle per family percentage will go up through 1 to 2 or even Three..! this is not a good indication considering the current choking situation on the roads. For people within Bangalore, do you think it is possible to proceed shopping/roaming peacefully, on a bicycle to Avenue street or SP road? [leave on your own a Nano or perhaps a Maruthi 800!] therefore think of the time invested travelling if the automobile inflow becomes 3 times..

Instead, Tata and the likes may take contracts from person city transport companies, and can manufacture big capacity cars/vans that can chair atleast 5-6 people, and value it at a aggressive price [say 3-4 lakhs per vehicle] This way, there is an alternate method for transport other than the typical buses, autos or perhaps the metro. This can be a comfy means to some extent with higher frequency than the busses. The maintenance of these automobiles can be outsourced. And also the smooth running can be created possible by having a central control unit for that city. A Global positioning system can be integrated using the mobile service providers that may intimate the travellers when the next automobile will be coming to their own stop. This final option may increase the overall cost of the operation, but that may be looked into. Monthly/annual passes could be issued to normal commuters [derived from the coach model]

Now, regarding the second option case, the luxury vehicles [petrol/diesel], people can still purchase them, but they cant end up being driven in metropolitan areas..for practical reasons that both you and me understand. They can be kept solely for the driving comfort and ease and experience of lengthy drives. This is for the actual driving enthusiasts.

Four. In the future, there can be "super-colonies". That's, a huge land region can be taken through the builders to develop business on one side, and commercial and residential facilities separately on the other hand. The feasibility of the profession should be looked into clearly. I remember seeing within the episodes of "extreme engineering" where a One hundred floor residential ejaculate commercial locality had been proposed for the future. The actual programme showed all of the practicalities and the means to fight accidents/natural disasters and horror attacks. Such a complicated is THE thing for the future.

Now for the alternates component

1. Hybrid cars -- cars are these days made with engines which switch between electric battery supply and gas. This way, the usage attained is at least 3-4 times higher. The actual batteries that these operate on are environment friendly [non-lead acidity batteries].

Recently the Ford Civic Hybrid along with Integrated Motor Help was introduced in India. Its cost? A whopping 22 lakh! however the base price is regarding 12-13 lakh. This near 100% transfer duty must be waived away for hybrid cars. As well as, a concession must be provided to such cars. Hybrid cars have a tremendous possible in the future market, state ten years hence. These may be used for the enjoyable long drive a good enthusiast may need.
Two. Biofuels - these are produced from decayed organic issue, currently used for driving homes or cooking food. Engineering stalwarts like 325i repair, Honda can do a few R&D in this field to faucet this for cars.

3. Other systems like solar vehicles, hydrogen fuel, or the drinking water fuel cell vehicles have a long way to visit before they can be drawn on for daily usage.

To sum up, the quicker we find alternates, the better for all of us. We need to keep in mind that on a single fine morning, there isn't going to be a drop of gas left...! the best we are able to do is to hold off that day as far as feasible... and all of us need to put in concerted initiatives in that direction..

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