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Now the science, and this is awesome, it has HUGE implecations:
The use of special prizes to fuel global innovation
from Good Thinking (245 articles)
February 13, 2007 Two heads are better than one. Six billion are even better. In solving big problems, you need a lot of brain power and the opportunity now exists via this wonderous global network to pour cubic brainpower on problems we need to solve. Tens of millions of scientifically trained minds all thinking about the same problem ensures that if there's a way, we'll find it. In terms of setting the global scientific agenda and stimulating innovation, nothing seems to work quite as well as a clearly defined challenge and a big fat prize. It immediately gives that limitless source of human intelligence out there a focal point – throughout history, such prizes have consistently proven to be the most effective method of fast forwarding development of enabling technologies, opening new vistas of human endeavour and solving key society-enabling problems. In announcing the Virgin Earth Challenge, Branson showed he had been an attentive student of innovation history when he said, "History has shown that Technology Prizes have been invaluable in encouraging technological advancements and innovation in many, many areas of science and industry." History has indeed given us many big thinkers who have left massive legacies – people whose macro perspective on the world is such that they can identify a seemingly insurmountable societal problem and set in motion the process of solving it with an audacious stroke and a lot of money.
of related news and moving into environmentalism:
The US$25 Million Virgin Earth Challenge
from Good Thinking (245 articles)
February 13, 2007 Sir Richard Branson's US$25 Million Virgin Earth Challenge focuses on the biggest single problem faced by humanity today - global warming. It steps across the national boundaries which have prevented anyone a full appreciation of the damage we have done to the environment and the gravity of the consequences of messing with the planet's ecosystem. There may not be a single effective solution to this problem but if there is, the Virgin Earth Challenge is the best chance we can see of finding it. Given that these is no effective common approach on the horizon to a potential extinction event, we applaud the initiative wholeheartedly. The Virgin Earth Challenge will award US$25 million to the individual or group who are able to demonstrate a commercially viable design which will result in the net removal of anthropogenic, atmospheric greenhouse gases each year for at least ten years without countervailing harmful effects. This removal must have long term effects and contribute materially to the stability of the Earth's climate.
Great energy savings article, here is an excerpt:
AskPablo: Home Energy Saving Tips I once read that the typical microwave oven uses more energy to power its clock than it does heating meals each day. Can this really be true? Well, I got out my Kill-A-Watt meter and tested it out. The two microwave ovens that I looked at consume 5 watts while just displaying the time (who really needs a clock on every appliance?). These 5 watts are mostly wasted in the transformer that converts the 120VAC coming out of the wall to 12VDC that the clock needs. While running, my microwave oven uses 990 watts (+/- 10). At my house we probably use the microwave about 5 minutes per day. I realize that some households cook solely with their microwave ovens and others don't even own one. So for now an average of 5 minutes per day seems like a good assumption.
So, 990W x 0.0833 hours (5 minutes) = 82.5 Wh/day, or 0.0825 kWh/day
vs, 5W x 23.9166 hours (24 hours - 5 minutes) = 119.6 Wh/day, or 0.1196 kWh/day
So it's true, a microwave uses more energy to power its clock than it does to cook your food!
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