Crazy ideas... discuss or add your own

[SimonMac]

Totally out there idea that no one will have thought about before and will never happen.

How about update the motorway network to be sustainable over the next 50 years and address congestion areas that cost us all so much time and frustration.

I think the problem is that it's so hard to predict 50 years into the future, how many cars were on the road in 1963 compared to now?

[northernladuk]

I think the problem is that it's so hard to predict 50 years into the future, how many cars were on the road in 1963 compared to now?

Very true but make a better stab at it using social modelling and try again

[northernladuk]

You mean you'd take Bradford off our hands?

No that is going to become the worlds smallest principality. Either that or part of the empire of some country and not part of the UK at all. Or just make up a new county call 'Not Yorkshire' and it can sit in isolation.

[Old Greg]

Network of automated helicopter drones that deliver fatal electric taser charges to the genitals of any recruitment agent who exceeds defined parameters of acceptable recruitment practice behaviour.

[mudskipper]

I think the problem is that it's so hard to predict 50 years into the future, how many cars were on the road in 1963 compared to now?

Plus advances in car technology - self driving cars safely moving along motorways at 100mph bumper to bumper?

[original PM]

I think the problem is that it's so hard to predict 50 years into the future, how many cars were on the road in 1963 compared to now?

Very true but make a better stab at it using social modelling and try again

Indeed back in the 60's we were only just emerging from rationing etc and still had the thoughts of jobs on your doorstep for life.

Nowadays though everyone knows they will probably have to travel to work via some form of transport and for the majority it will still be personal transport as you simply cannot get to some of these technology parks/industrial estates etc on the public transport network.

I cannot see any major game changers to any of this - other than having more work from home/virtual environemnts for people to interact in rather doing it in person. (thinking about that it is maybe the bext option!)

[SimonMac]

Plus advances in car technology - self driving cars safely moving along motorways at 100mph bumper to bumper?

I am hoping in 50 years time we will all be in flying cars anyway....

[doodab]

Indeed back in the 60's we were only just emerging from rationing etc and still had the thoughts of jobs on your doorstep for life.

Nowadays though everyone knows they will probably have to travel to work via some form of transport and for the majority it will still be personal transport as you simply cannot get to some of these technology parks/industrial estates etc on the public transport network.

I cannot see any major game changers to any of this - other than having more work from home/virtual environemnts for people to interact in rather doing it in person. (thinking about that it is maybe the bext option!)

Perhaps we need to acknowledge that having 30 million people travel for 2 hours a day to get to and from work isn't a terribly efficient way to organise things and aim for a complete paradigm shift rather than a band aid.

[mudskipper]

My pet projects (completely unfeasable) are:

1) Heat water centrally and pipe hot water through insulated pipes to houses eliminating the need for individual boilers/storage tanks etc.
2) Under road heating for snowy/icy conditions

[SimonMac]

My pet projects (completely unfeasable) are:

1) Heat water centrally and pipe hot water through insulated pipes to houses eliminating the need for individual boilers/storage tanks etc.

Its feasible in Sweden

http://www.svenskfjarrvarme.se/In-En...trict-Heating/

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