In these times, we are all trying to do more to reduce our carbon footprint and be more aware of the effect our action have on the world we live in. Cars and their emissions are one of the biggest problems we have today. While scientists, inventors and engineers strive to come up with more eco-friendly motoring options, such as electric cars, we thought we should take a look at some of the other non-car transportation that we could be using in years to come.

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Electricity has become such an integral part of our daily lives it is easy to take it for granted. Practically everything we do revolves around electricity in one way or another.  What would happen if we woke up tomorrow and there was no electricity available?  Would our lives change that much?  Let’s consider the various activities that would be affected if electricity disappeared one morning.

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There are many ways in which the abundance of energy around us can be stored and adapted for our use. Nuclear-powered sources are fission and soon hopefully, fusion; fossil fuels include petroleum, natural gas and coal; and the renewable energy sources are hydroelectric, solar, wind, geothermal power, and biomass.

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All energy comes from the sun to earth in the form of sunrays called solar energy. The sun’s first job is the delivery of radiant energy to provide heat and light to earth’s plants, animals and humans. The sun consists of many gases with helium and hydrogen being the dominant gases. Energy from the sun possesses power some call solar energy while others call it solar power. Energy from the sun is free, unlimited and inexhaustible.

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Proving we can control weather is an ongoing source of work and discussion among scientists, meteorologists and astrophysicists across the world. Most countries have a Weather Modification Programme organised to find ways to create changes in weather patterns. Their goal is to change the direction and activity of storms, control rain amounts and start and end rain.

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Solar power converts the sun’s rays into electricity. Through solar technologies man has succeeded in harnessing solar power through the development of solar power towers, photovoltaics, solar engines, solar troughs, solar dishes and more.

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Few people have not experienced the power of a thunderstorm. It takes little effort to recall the sound of roaring thunder and lightning flashing across the sky. Power outages often ravage a city as people struggle to close their windows and doors against the onslaught of water and wind beating against the windowpanes.

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