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Hello all, this thread is partly the result of being inspired by student / climate-activist Greta Thunberg's recent speech and partly by my own concern about the human-created pollution that is destroying the ecology of this planet which at least for the next 15 years will be our main home even if some people move to Mars.
I live in India which houses the most polluted city in the world, Delhi. And I know that India, China and USA are among the most polluting societies in the world.
What I want to present here and start discussion among PDF members is the solutions on how to preserve our ecology and remove the very real global pollution which cannot be rejected even by those who don't believe in Climate Change.
I request PDF moderators / administrators ( @waz , @Dubious and others ) to make this thread sticky because this topic goes beyond things like nationalism, civil wars, regime-change and inter-country wars / rivalries.
My first presented solution is for a gradual global ban on all privately-owned cars and two-wheelers which must be replaced with mass public transport vehicles like buses and for certain occasions like car-taxis. Plus, workplaces and educational institutions must provide bus facility to their employees and students. Not only this, the fuel that will power these vehicles will also have to be ecologically good, whether it be battery-stored or on-the-fly electric generation like the QUANT car. Again, even if ecologically-good fuel systems are used to fuel privately-owned vehicles, the pollution created by mass-production of these vehicles will defeat the very purpose of ecologically-good vehicles. So, Elon Musk is incorrect in pitching privately-owned Tesla cars as replacement to privately-owned petroleum cars.
My second presented solution is for agriculture. Not only is the 60's agricultural generation method harmful to ecology, it is also the cause of diseases like cancer. In the Indian state of Punjab, many farmers suffer from cancers because of the chemical pesticides and insecticides they use on their farms. And then, the traditional system of having agricultural lands in rural areas and consumers mainly in urban areas is also incorrect. What is more scientific is creation of Urban Farms and especially maximum five-storey Vertical Farms. These two solutions, when enabled for every urban neighborhood-level allow food production at literally the door-step. Combine these with Socialist-style Collective Farming and converting rural areas into urban areas ( say, combine the populations of ten villages into one new urban-cultured township ), it all enables ecologically-good food production. And there is the added advantage of converting, especially in South Asia, regressive-cultured villages into a more evolved city life.
My next presented solution is for mobile communication and data consumption ( cell phones, laptops and tablets ). It has become a modern semi-tragedy that so many people are consumed by their silly hunger for owning the latest cell phone and manufacturers providing the consumers with only enough advanced cell phone ( with a small screen ) that will make the consumer bored with the new device in some months and then create a desire to newly buy yet another small-screened cell phone. Instead, what phone manufacturers companies should develop is a mobile device with a rollable screen, like this device shown in the film, Red Planet. The film was released in year 2000. Such a device can be stored on a person in a specially sewn pant / skirt pocket on the leg.
My next presented solution is a simple one. Abolish the world's militaries. Security for people can be provided by police forces. Let the world be governed by simple Direct Democracy Socialism because only True Socialism is the ideology that is truly harmonious with ecology.
Okay, these are what I can write for now. I will write more when I can. I ask the members to please contribute to this important topic.
I live in India which houses the most polluted city in the world, Delhi. And I know that India, China and USA are among the most polluting societies in the world.
What I want to present here and start discussion among PDF members is the solutions on how to preserve our ecology and remove the very real global pollution which cannot be rejected even by those who don't believe in Climate Change.
I request PDF moderators / administrators ( @waz , @Dubious and others ) to make this thread sticky because this topic goes beyond things like nationalism, civil wars, regime-change and inter-country wars / rivalries.
My first presented solution is for a gradual global ban on all privately-owned cars and two-wheelers which must be replaced with mass public transport vehicles like buses and for certain occasions like car-taxis. Plus, workplaces and educational institutions must provide bus facility to their employees and students. Not only this, the fuel that will power these vehicles will also have to be ecologically good, whether it be battery-stored or on-the-fly electric generation like the QUANT car. Again, even if ecologically-good fuel systems are used to fuel privately-owned vehicles, the pollution created by mass-production of these vehicles will defeat the very purpose of ecologically-good vehicles. So, Elon Musk is incorrect in pitching privately-owned Tesla cars as replacement to privately-owned petroleum cars.
My second presented solution is for agriculture. Not only is the 60's agricultural generation method harmful to ecology, it is also the cause of diseases like cancer. In the Indian state of Punjab, many farmers suffer from cancers because of the chemical pesticides and insecticides they use on their farms. And then, the traditional system of having agricultural lands in rural areas and consumers mainly in urban areas is also incorrect. What is more scientific is creation of Urban Farms and especially maximum five-storey Vertical Farms. These two solutions, when enabled for every urban neighborhood-level allow food production at literally the door-step. Combine these with Socialist-style Collective Farming and converting rural areas into urban areas ( say, combine the populations of ten villages into one new urban-cultured township ), it all enables ecologically-good food production. And there is the added advantage of converting, especially in South Asia, regressive-cultured villages into a more evolved city life.
My next presented solution is for mobile communication and data consumption ( cell phones, laptops and tablets ). It has become a modern semi-tragedy that so many people are consumed by their silly hunger for owning the latest cell phone and manufacturers providing the consumers with only enough advanced cell phone ( with a small screen ) that will make the consumer bored with the new device in some months and then create a desire to newly buy yet another small-screened cell phone. Instead, what phone manufacturers companies should develop is a mobile device with a rollable screen, like this device shown in the film, Red Planet. The film was released in year 2000. Such a device can be stored on a person in a specially sewn pant / skirt pocket on the leg.
My next presented solution is a simple one. Abolish the world's militaries. Security for people can be provided by police forces. Let the world be governed by simple Direct Democracy Socialism because only True Socialism is the ideology that is truly harmonious with ecology.
Okay, these are what I can write for now. I will write more when I can. I ask the members to please contribute to this important topic.
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