Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Save the Planet, save the People, save the Whales, save me a slice of that pie!

For your Theme Thursday pleasure ( a wee bit early this week, sorrry ) Inventions that will save the Planet :

Part I
*All major highways and main arteries will be equipped with electricity producing surfaces. As tires pass over the surface the friction caused will be collected and flow into the grid. Individual car chips will credit the drivers and they will receive an electric credit.
*Offices will be retrofitted with oval or figure eight tracks, and personnel will be encouraged to walk about on special friction shoes. This will accomplish two tasks: producing adequate energy to run the office, and keeping employees healthy.
*Puppies will be fitted with friction suits because they release much energy into the ether which when harnessed can power major cities.

Part II
*Automobiles will be produced that run totally on human waste product. Special systems installed in garages will convert the waste into fuel, giving every homeowner a special ‘outhouse’ filling station. This will not only decrease our dependency on foreign oil, it will make the job of water treatment easier on cities--giving us a cleaner environment.
*Cows will be fitted with hoses to collect methane gasses. The gasses will be collected in balloons attached to bovine harnesses, reducing the weight of the animals to such a degree that they will skim the ground.

Result: decreasing green house gasses, and making meatier larger cows that we can eat with less guilt.

Part III
*In the northern regions, ice melt is causing concern for the polar bear population. Special animal trainers will be dispatched into the arctic wild to teach symbiosis classes in which bears, whales, and seals can co-exist, using team work to reach goals, aided by anti-personnel seal machine guns developed by the military.
*In the same vein, Redwood trees can be injected with a malevolent sentience, making them unapproachable by anyone wishing them ill will. Fitted with heat-seeking pinecones, they will be invulnerable.
Drawbacks: The redwood forests might turn on human civilizations in the northwest, driving us from the coastal regions.

Part IV
*Instead of exploiting children in third world countries to produce tennis shoes, these children will be locked into a special ozone-producing environment. By frenetic actions they will combine the necessary ozone molecules and blow the O3 back into the stratosphere with special colorful straws. For incentive they will receive cookies and free llama rides.

Part V
*The moon is leaving the earth’s orbit at 3.8 centimeters per year, but some radicals have announced in an effort to confuse, enrage and deplete humanity’s soul, that the moon hates us and will for now on leave at a quicker rate, perhaps using the energy of meteorite strikes and comet tails to take a sabbatical from our planet, in effort to join its sisters around Uranus. (Boo!)
Solution: By gathering all of our unrecyclables and injecting them into an earthly orbit, enough mass can be produced to create a second moon.
Projected result: This new moon will be ready for use when the first moon leaves, or the first moon will be content to have a companion and stay.
Happy side effects: We can also deposit our undesirables onto the new moon, where they will experience virtually zero gravity, thus their offspring will have elongated limbs which will be funny to look at.

18 comments:

Kris McCracken said...

We need to start getting back to whale oil, far less carbon emissions!

ArtSparker said...

Sounds like a plan - I can see a lot of thought has gone into this.

Brian Miller said...

i am totally voting for you for president, even if it has to be a write in. mass producing (through energy efficient means) recyclable bumper stickers already. happy tt tom!

Colette Amelia said...

well that is some wild ideas!

Harnett-Hargrove said...

Tom, you have the expansive thoughts we needs around here! Get sketching on those physical forms! Love the surreal child watering the llamas photo... -J

mouse (aka kimy) said...

i sense an outline for a new sci-fi novel!!

Betsy Brock said...

OK...you win..best TT post of the day!

Dreamhaven said...

Great fun, great post.

Happy TT

e said...

Tom,

You really could turn this into a book...Think about it!

Jasmine said...

An enjoyable post. I love the picture of the cow riding the balloon :)

Wings1295 said...

Ack!!!

nonamedufus said...

Have you taken out patents?

Candie said...

This is SO you,that post!Brillant!:D

Mike said...

I am glad to see that you have it figured out! Now I will truly be able to say that my vehicle gets shitty mileage!

Michael said...

OMGOsh the has to be THe most bizarre take of all. Quite funny really. Good work.

Baino said...

Did you know that you're supposed to be able to power your car with left over cooking oil. I'm not sure how you do it but you can! Not sure about avoiding the cow pats from flying bovines! It's their burps and ruminations that cause methane not the 'other end'. Tom you imagination has run wild. I can only hope someone runs with your ideas!

tony said...

I Have Seen The Future!

india flint said...

hmm pacific whirlygig to become new moon eh? where's my llama ride?