MNN - Mother Nature Network

water gathered from clouds over the oceans and delivered as rain to places where it might be needed. Being manufactured with the new nano-materials they could be very "green productive". This would give us a place to populate that would be in three dimensions around the world and help relieve the population concentrations and displacement from global warming. They could be used as science platforms and for communications services as a compliment to satelites. Not wanting to handicap the idea it might also be possible to actually manufacture them in the sky and have them "bud off of a factory ship robotically almost in a biological way". The cost would be minimal, achievable and incremental.

small wind turbines in backyards, or solar panels on roofs. The number of contractors could be significant, depending on the amount of money eligible for the program. If the government was serious about it, they could purchase the units outright in bulk, cutting out the need for people to do the legwork and be charged a higher price. A citizen could register, log into a secure website, select a product for installation, and then only pay costs for setup (through the authorized contractors).

be exceptions. Here is why: - American auto makers have not gotten on the green bandwagon, and if they have it is only because their backs are to the wall. - American farmers have not gotten on the organic bandwagon, and if they have, their future looks a bit grim at the moment. - American financial institutions have made bad decisions in the mortgage industry and related areas. - All in all, this comes down to corporate greed. Don't get me wrong, I believe that corporations should make money, a good profit even. But when the almighty dollar is waved in their face their directions turn toward getting as much money as they possibly can. Where they need to have a balance. A balance of making a profit, being ethically responsible to their employees, the environment and to the US as a whole. - I believe that the government can step in and offer opportunities to new or small business to fill the gaps that current companies have consciously ignored. Areas like: - Organic foods - Clean energy - and not just one area but many, why should the US put all it's energy expectations in a single basket. - Clean/Green automotive technology - this IS the future, ignoring will only cause more problems for us Overcoming obstacles: The government is not perfect either. For that matter they have let lobbyists control the governance on things, and as a result the governance makes it very difficult to small businesses to get in the game or even survive. The government needs to change much of it's legislation to get out of it's own way and the let the people help the process of recovery. That's my 1 cent, still working on the second cent!

replace fossil fuel use, demonstrate sustainable growth and cut pollution, you should be able to claim credits against corporate taxes. No more should government give tax cuts without forcing benefits in return.

sov's) and sov lanes. The sov would be designed to carry only the operator. It could run on electricity and possibly weigh less than 200lbs. The sov lane would have a power source so the battery could be smaller as once the sov reaches the sov lane power would be provided to power the sov and recharge the battery. The sov lane could be smaller than current thoroughfares and where space is at a premium the sov lane could be suspended over existing thoroughfares using light weigh concrete. It is likely once the sov and sov lanes are in operation and the conversion in place, the current thoroughfares would be plenty adequate to carry the remainder of traffic far into the future. Now, as we need to grow for the future we will be growing smaller and smarter. A gross mis-proportionate percentage of the fuel needed to propel current vehicles is needed to propel the vehicle instead of the occupant, therein lies the problem.