What Other Environmentally Sensitive Areas Think Of Hovercraft
Alaska is obviously a very environmentally sensitive area. Alaska is also a very big area. People must be able to traverse the distances. Obviously there have been countless studies done on what the best way to move people from point A to point B through various delicate areas.
You can read about one such study by The Wilderness Society and see that they think that most of the conventional alternatives to hovercraft are (emphasis theirs) “A BAD IDEA, WORSE BECAUSE IT IS UNNECESSARY”.
Think about that for a second. People who are incredibly environmentally concerned think hovercraft are one of the logical solutions.
What is the outcome of this study and various others?
Hovercraft are being used in Alaska.
Florida is also seriously giving a look at using hovercraft to move people across various waterways because they too have an environmentally sensitive area.
Florida has a major concern with manatees being mauled and killed by boats as well as other damage caused by boat wake and pollution.
Obviously, since a hovercraft is so environmentally sound and does not have any parts that actually go through the water, they are giving this a serious looking into.
The Philippines are begging for hovercraft to service Leyte and their less popular areas.
South Africa is also wanting to use hovercraft.
One of the more noticeable areas in the news lately is Scotland trying to bring hovercraft in to improve their economy. The major hurdle there is political wrangling.
In fact, the number one reason for hovercraft to not be so widely used is due to politics.
Hovercraft cut out a lot of powerful middlemen in the shipping and people moving business around the world.
Middlemen need to work and earn a living, but not at the expense of our living.