Sunday 14 June 2009

4.BIG. What transport will we have in the future?

This is a BIG question

It is very
dependant on the type of fuel we have available to power our transport.

If there is no oil - how would we power
today's cars, buses, trains etc. Also current transport forms are not good for the planet producing CO2.

Much talk of
alternative fuels - for example, using oil from plants - the problem with this is there is not enough food in the world to feed everyone so it is really not a good idea to use the food to power transport.

Hydrogen power - this gas makes up 80% of the air, + is in water - so lots of it. When used, the only
exhaust is water vapour.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_vehicle for more information.

Power from the sun, using the sun rays to create
electricity in solar panels.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_vehicle

The target will be for transport to be designed to be lighter and faster and hopefully more fuel efficient.

Some good ideas are on:

http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/01249/

There are a few games in this website as well.

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