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Young Carrick returns with a vision of sustainable transportaion from the future
Whether at the Solar Decathlon, making clever environmental awareness clips or interviewing Darth Vader, young Carrick and his dad Colin have made some fun green transportation videos over the past year or so. The duo returns this week with a look at sustainable transportation in the future. Their new video was made as a submission to the US PIRG video contest, which asks the cloud for better ideas on shaping smarter transit plans. As the US PIRG puts it, "time spent stuck in traffic is time you never get back."
Colin writes:
Our video focuses on systems of mass transit such as personal rapid transit systems and high-speed trains, as well as making cars and trucks more sustainable with electricity. When we were researching for the video we kept coming across strong advocates of public transportation who clearly hated cars and would have them taken all away if they could. I don't believe that it is realistic for any vision of sustainable transportation in the future to leave out cars and trucks - it's unnecessary.
If you'd like to submit your own video, you've still got time. The deadline for entry is July 4. In the meantime, watch Carrick's latest star turn after the jump.
[Source: Colin M., US PIRG]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Bill 4:13PM (6/27/2008)
First thing is dad needs to work on miking the kid better.
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Colin McCullough 9:51PM (6/27/2008)
Dad won't argue with you on that front. We're taking a few film classes soon so maybe we can raise our production quality.
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Jack S. 10:42AM (6/28/2008)
might want to reconsider that argument on high speed trains alleviating noise pollution. I'm a big fan of high speed electric, but nothing will turn a town into a ghost town faster than running high speed tracks within a few hundred meters or so of it. The sound and vibration of a TGV train running at 300 km/hr is non-negligible (81 db at 200m).
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Andrew 8:33AM (6/30/2008)
Jack, you are right that they are somehwat noisy but in most places they do slow down in towns. For me tehre is no better way of travel - comfortable, fastand environmentally friendly.
There are two current issues - Using mobile phones is a bit of a pain since you hop cells often and can get cut off - I am sure that is easily fixed but maybe it would be better just to ban the things!
The other is price - TGV and Thalys are not cheap!
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