The Big Ideas Project

Rebuild the power grids around the U.S. and the power grids will belong to the people. Put solar panels on every school, library, city, state, and federal building. The solar power will help to cut costs of running each building, and the schools will be pumping electricity back into the grids all summer, to be used toward running the schools or toward repairs needed, plus all the solar power all year long, cutting school costs of running the lights, heat and/ or air conditioning.

Submitted by Vivian K. from WA in Infrastructure & Technology Jan. 15, 2015, 11:55 p.m.

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#2405

9 votes

The death penalty for anyone convicted of releasing a virus into the internet -- equivalent to the penalty for war crimes.

Submitted by Lawrence Gold in Infrastructure & Technology Jan. 9, 2015, 7:05 p.m.

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#2405

9 votes

Build a water pipeline from the Mississippi River to California. Power the pumps with solar and wind. Properly planned, this would help with the west's chronic droughts, make California's agriculture better, food cheaper, and help with Midwest floods. (Plus tens of thousands of jobs.)

Submitted by Adamsp in Infrastructure & Technology Jan. 14, 2015, 8:04 a.m.

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#2444

7 votes

Building pipelines thousands of miles through the Rockies & Sierras, etc., to water deserts? Size our communities for reasonably local resources (water, food, building materials, etc.). Develop more habitable places. Relocate businesses & people to them. Make it easy, affordable & energy efficient to VISIT deserts, hurricane coastlands, faultlines, tornado alley, flood zones, etc., but for god's sake don't waste & resources & exacerbate Climate Change fighting nature trying to LIVE in them.

Submitted by Timothy Salt in Infrastructure & Technology Jan. 14, 2015, 10:13 a.m.

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#2444

7 votes

Build a magnetic levitating platform to supplement the U.S. Hwy infrastructure; A platform that 18 wheelers and personal vehicles can park on and turn off the engine to save gas, pay a toll and travel with your vehicle to another city or part of the State or area of the Country at high speed with more safety than air travel. Maglev technology can run on wind and solar and save consumers time and cut back on carbon emissions and take reduce risk for long haul drivers.

Submitted by Brian@Lakeplace in Infrastructure & Technology Jan. 15, 2015, 1:37 a.m. 1

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#2460

6 votes

Provide money for loans and bonds that will be spent on education, infrastructure, research and economic development from the Social Security Trust Fund.

Submitted by ACM in Infrastructure & Technology Jan. 15, 2015, 1:55 p.m.

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#2460

6 votes

End corporate lying for profit. In honor of Dr. Clair Cameron Patterson who fought multinational oil and gas corporations to prove that lead in paint and gasoline can fatally harm people; we must end the for profit science liars like Robert A. Kehoe by punishing the corporations who employ them. The tobacco science wars have evolved into the climate science, chemical pollution dumping and GMO science wars. The US have the most relaxed regulations and relaxed enforcement.

Submitted by Scientist Warrior in Infrastructure & Technology Jan. 16, 2015, 8:15 a.m.

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#2507

4 votes

Do not allow the use of 'drones' domestically. And forbid their production or export here. We don't want our skies and neighborhoods flooded with drone. We don't want their effects on birds; & beauty of sky; we do not want to RISK using them. Who know what they might be used to carry. Too risky.

Submitted by Dr. Frank Braio in Infrastructure & Technology Jan. 16, 2015, 8:11 a.m.

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#2507

4 votes

The Venus project

Submitted by James s. from WA in Infrastructure & Technology Jan. 15, 2015, 1:35 p.m.

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#2534

3 votes

END PREDATORY CAPITALISM It has become the norm for corporations to rip Americans off. Beef up the regulations and enforce them.

Submitted by Scientist Warrior in Infrastructure & Technology Jan. 16, 2015, 7:55 a.m.

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#2534

3 votes

Instead of blowing up other countries and then spending hundreds of millions to rebuild them, spend that money on our infrastructure

Submitted by bruce d. from FL in Infrastructure & Technology Jan. 16, 2015, 8:35 a.m.

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#2552

2 votes

Colonize space. Increase Nasa's budget to explore and develop massive space stations and the moon.

Submitted by Louis M. from PA in Infrastructure & Technology Jan. 14, 2015, 4:37 p.m.

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#2552

2 votes

Congress should pass a bill funding & our President sign into law an Acto to acquire lands, planning, design, construction & equipment for safe breeder nuclear reactors including funding for controlled matter-antimatter fusion electrical power generation.

Submitted by Bruce Bennett in Infrastructure & Technology Jan. 15, 2015, 1:18 p.m.

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#2580

1 votes

Use transitioning military personnel to reduce the overall cost of public infrastructure while at the same time providing on the job training and providing introductions to prospective employers. The project funding should supplement the military pay such that the transitioning military personnel's pay would be relatively commensurate with private sector workers in comparable positions.

Submitted by bscinor in Infrastructure & Technology Jan. 16, 2015, 3:18 a.m.

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#2580

1 votes

Stop climate control or whatever the persistent contrails (chemtrails) are doing. Also have full disclosure of what is in these and eliminate their use.

Submitted by Danny G. from OR in Infrastructure & Technology Jan. 16, 2015, 1:44 a.m.

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#2603

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Work for the 114th US Congress! Infrastructure Our national motor road and railroad infrastructure is maxed out. The highway system is congested and so are the rail corridors. In addition the airways are also used to the limits. We need a Grand National upgrade in the realm of transportation.

Submitted by Rudy N. from OR in Infrastructure & Technology Jan. 16, 2015, 11:02 a.m.

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#2603

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