One of the most destructive forces today is forest fires. In the past month I've come up with two ideas for helping fight them. The second one actually came to me this week.
One way to put out a fire is to smother it. With a campfire if you do not have water available you smother it with dirt. Adapting that to a larger scale I figured that vehicles could be created that chew up the ground and propel it forward like a snow blower. Varying sized vehicles could be created to handle different terrains. Much larger vehicles could be used to attack the fire on flatter surfaces while smaller SUV type vehicles could take the fight on hills. An attachable unit that could be attached to the front of vehicles like snow plows could also be created but those likely won't have the power of those that are part of an actual vehicle. I could see a whole line of vehicles spewing soil several feet ahead as they smother the fire as they advance.
The other idea is to develop misting tankers. I know that misting vehicles do exist but they need to be adapted. A vehicle with a water tank which would feed large panels on each side that have hundreds of holes through which the water is expelled as a mist. The vehicle could be on a tracks like on a tank or bull dozer. Again different size vehicles could be made to handle different terrains.
These two ideas could be used in conjunction with current methods to help speed the ability to get the fires under control and put them out. Damage would be minimized and more nature and property would be saved.
Those are two ideas.
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