openplanet bad ideas

1. cost outweights benefit

1.1. human power train equipping many devices for energy distribution costs a lot and only useful if the energy generation is dependable and significant. http://www.openplanetideas.com/how-can-sony-technology-be-used-to-address-environmental-challenges/concepting/human-power-train-for-movies-internet/

1.2. Two in one, satellite dish and solar cooker - the synergies here extend only to the mirror and shape of the dish - expensive part of sattelite communications is the transmit, receive, decode electronics http://www.openplanetideas.com/how-can-sony-technology-be-used-to-address-environmental-challenges/concepting/two-in-one-satellite-dish-and-solar-cooker-/

1.3. Automated Hydroponic Plants - use energy intensive tech to grow plants that arent suited to environment - better to find solution that works with nature than against http://www.openplanetideas.com/how-can-sony-technology-be-used-to-address-environmental-challenges/concepting/automated-hydroponic-plants-for-vegan-communities/

2. doesnt solve a problem

2.1. pocket farm - availability of greenhouses isnt a limiiting factor for agriculture in the majoirty of cases http://www.openplanetideas.com/how-can-sony-technology-be-used-to-address-environmental-challenges/concepting/pocket-farm-agro-eco-system-model-for-agricultural-production-at-household-neighborhood-and-urban-community-level./

2.2. our own organics - not clear that urban gardens and internet are plentiful in cities with food supply problems http://www.openplanetideas.com/how-can-sony-technology-be-used-to-address-environmental-challenges/concepting/our-own-organics/

2.3. MyTinkuy, construisez la communauté - the idea is to create a generic social network, there are already many of these http://www.openplanetideas.com/how-can-sony-technology-be-used-to-address-environmental-challenges/concepting/mytinkuy-construisez-la-communaute-des-acteurs-de-votre-changement-/

2.4. the poacher pravity - the problems around poaching animals stem from local culture, local politics, local poverty interseecting with western demand - it's not realistic to assume a solution can be found without considering these aspects - if the policing resources assumed in the proposal were in place i suspect poaching would not be a problem http://www.openplanetideas.com/how-can-sony-technology-be-used-to-address-environmental-challenges/concepting/the-poacher-pravity/

3. no environmental benefit

3.1. food-indicator not practical, better achived through labelling, more about nutrition than environment http://www.openplanetideas.com/how-can-sony-technology-be-used-to-address-environmental-challenges/concepting/food-indicator/

4. acceptability

4.1. Remote robotic proxy This doesnt seem an acceptable substitute for a travel experience http://www.openplanetideas.com/how-can-sony-technology-be-used-to-address-environmental-challenges/concepting/remote-robotic-proxy/

4.2. give your name tiger - nature shouldnt belong to one person (especially not celebrities!) - not a scalable way to finance - invasive to gps tag an animal you sell to a celebrity http://www.openplanetideas.com/how-can-sony-technology-be-used-to-address-environmental-challenges/concepting/give-your-name-tiger/

4.3. housepool - people make their living choices based on social / quality of life factors - not realistic to expect people to maximise occupancy of their home for environmental reasons http://www.openplanetideas.com/how-can-sony-technology-be-used-to-address-environmental-challenges/concepting/housepool/

5. No improvement on current situation

5.1. Virtual energy tourism - doesnt improve on current information available on energy installations; internet, documentaries etc http://www.openplanetideas.com/how-can-sony-technology-be-used-to-address-environmental-challenges/concepting/create-creative-virtual-energy-tourism/

6. not feasible

6.1. pollution noise to energy - no concept on how it can be made possible http://www.openplanetideas.com/how-can-sony-technology-be-used-to-address-environmental-challenges/concepting/pollution-noise-to-energy-electricity/

6.2. reinvent the waterwheel - energy is needed to create mains water pressure - extracting energy from mains water pressure costs energy to water infrastructure http://www.openplanetideas.com/how-can-sony-technology-be-used-to-address-environmental-challenges/concepting/reinvent-the-waterwheel/

6.3. semi flexible concrete - the claim that mixing rubber in concrete makes earthquake resistant buildings needs some support... http://www.openplanetideas.com/how-can-sony-technology-be-used-to-address-environmental-challenges/concepting/-semi-flexible-concrete-/