Sunlight can provide energy, given the right installations and technologies.
If we invest more in Solar installations we have a constant energy source and we can reduce using fossil fuels or other rare, valuable ressources. Sources like oils, fuels or other eco unfreindly
Sunlight is basically free so the only high costs will be the installation and maintenance of the solar platforms. If big factories or companies should invest in these technologies, since they can easily run their production plants with it. There would be a way of storaging the energy for rainy or cloudy days.
We could start with wind or water energy as well. But since it is getting warmer and warmer in summer and people keep complaining about the heat, we might aswell use the sun to give us some advantages. But of course, water and wind are a crucial energy source as well.
Our Project Idea
In this project we would like to know more about our future. For example some new technologies or solutions for the climate change.
We are very curious how our world will look like in a couple decades with everything that it includes. From public transportation to our smartphones and even the way we communicate with each other.
We are specially interested in the future of our car industry. Are there still cars with old-fashioned combustion engines? Are there only electric cars on our streets? Do we even have cars in the future and if yes are we still driving them by ourselves?
In this project we would also like to make some interviews with experts.
Petar Simeonovic and Leandro Hämmerli
If the super volcano under Yellowstone National Park ever has another massive eruption, it could spew ash, damage buildings, choke crops and shut down power plants for thousands of miles across the United States.
How would this affect our environment and our lives?
Comparison between North America and the rest of the world.
Don't we all use a mobile phone? And who still opens their car manually with the key? Digitalisation is advancing. Imagine that one day a robot will do the work for you and you could enjoy the whole day.
- Is our local water environment polluted?
- Are there organizations that clean rivers, lakes and oceans?
[in progress]
One of our ideas is to plant trees, because we think to many of them get cut down.
Another one is the use of palm oil, where we wanna show what the consequences are.
One idea I prefer, is the rights of animals since I'm vegan. I just wanna show how bad animals are treated no matter where... For example in zoos, I think that's one of the worst places animals have to life. A
- animal rights, how they live (zoos)
- food we eat
Jenni and Carmen
Dynamos on roller coasters - could they produce enough energy to power themselves? Making energy while having fun?
Could roller coasters equipped with dynamos on their wheel produce enough energy to sustain their power and could it even get a overflow of energy?
[in Progress]
In Our Project, Jana and I would like to know more about the coral reefs.
Land plants only produce 1/3 of the oxygen we breathe, the rest comes from the ocean. The dying of the coral reefs affects all species from marine life to human kind.
- How exactly does the death of the coral reefs affect our lives?
- What can we do to prevent all coral reefs from becoming extinct by 2050?
- Is it possible to restore the riff like before?
- Are there organizations that already help?
- Are there any statistics that show how the reef is doing at the moment?
in progress
What could do with the sun?
The sun is a very interesting planet. You could change the whole world with the sun and its incredible energy.
Many have already shown that you can do certain things with the sun, such as solar cells.
What I could present as a project idea:
Is it possible to create even more energy with the sun?
Are there other possibilities than solar cells?
Is it possible to store the energy from the sun?
Could the sun be equated with nuclear fission and even replaced for you?
(in progress)
