Virgin Earth Challenge
Richard Branson and Al Gore just announced the "Virgin Earth Challenge"The Virgin Earth Challenge is a prize of $25m for whoever can demonstrate to the judges' satisfaction a commercially viable design which results in the removal of anthropogenic, atmospheric greenhouse gases so as to contribute materially to the stability of Earth’s climate.
This sort of contest has historically been successful, the Ansari X Prize for the first non government spacecraft, the Orteig Prize for the first transatlantic flight, and the Board of Longitude was created to award a prize to the first solution to accurately determine longitude. (I just watched a great show about the Board of Longitude and the winner, John Harrison, last weekend of the Discovery Science channel...what timing!)
Late last year Branson also announced Virgin Fuels, a company focused on creating a non polluting jet fuel. Obviously Branson knows his companies and products have been responsible for creating this problem, but his dedication to stop and reverse the pollution is commendable.
Do you think this is the best way to solve the greenhouse gas problem?
posted by Danny @ 8:50 AM
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I believe, you might be interested in reading my solution to the carbon dioxide problem. It's an online version of my entry into a certain challenge. The name of the challenge must remain unspoken at this point due to clauses in the participation agreement I signed. This is not some kind of humorous foolishness. I believe I have come up with a realistic commonsense approach that will actually work.
By using my, patent pending, method we get an economically advantageous side benefit, that might make this solution profitable for most everyone. I respectfully recommend that you add a link to my page from your pages. Though you don't really need it, I give you my permission to do this. You may if you wish, quote up to 300 words of my entry document on your pages.
http://theshancreekgang.com/carbon.html
Sincerely; William Eugene Malley
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