Author Topic: Sir Richard Branson $26m competition... (Read 969 times)

Mace2004 · « **Reply #30 on:** February 11, 2007, 01:37:49 PM »

OK, this is about global warming right? Then I can use the same rules globalwarmingists use right?

Great, here it is: I have a "theory" for how to scrub the CO2 from the atmosphere.

Sir Branson, please send my check ASAP as I would like to buy a new Saitek X-52 Pro real soon. You can forward it through HiTech Creations. Thanks. Oh, and may "Gaia" bless you.

Mace2004 · « **Reply #31 on:** February 11, 2007, 02:17:25 PM »

Hey guys, just got a PM from Sir "Richard" (man, I thought it was Sir "Branson"...how embarassing is that?). He thanked me for my theory but said this whole "reward" thing was all a big misunderstanding. Seems he and is wife (Lady Richard? Lady Sir Richard?, damn these aristocracy things have me confused) anyway, he and and the Mrs had some folks over to their house in Glasgow and one of them brought along a friend named Al (evidently he's a real Dork!). Seems Al was being just the biggest pain in the butt and kept trying to "convert" everyone he could corner so Sir Richard made up this whole "reward for saving the world" thing just to get Al to STFU (yeah, he really did say STFU! Sir Richard really is pretty cool). Well, anyway one thing led to another and there you have it. BTW, according to him 13m pounds isn't really enough for a new X-52 Pro anyway, (he said Pounds were sort of like Yen but Yen is better because it's harder to confuse with weight). Anyway, I guess the joke's on me...ROFLMAO! I told him that's ok and if he ever needed a theory on how to keep Avacados from bruising that I had one I've been working on.

Angus · « **Reply #32 on:** February 12, 2007, 03:03:23 AM »

LOL, Lazs:
"Now.. that is not to say that building energy efficient machines is bad.. they can be very good but... only if they do it without hardship to the user... if a refrigerator for instance uses less energy in a year and works just as well and is quieter... why not? If a bulb uses less energy... and costs about the same but lasts longer? why not?"

This is a funny little paragraph. So, if you consider a fridge that was cheaper to run it would also have to be quieter? How about a fridge that is equal in any other aspect except better in the energy department? Is it then as good?
BTW, the carburettor I mentioned, once installed is basically simpler, cheaper and less likely to go wrong than an old fashioned one. While the engine will run on less fuel, while giving more power and polluting less, it comes with a cost. Yes, too little CO, so you can not commit suicide in yer garage any more

SuperDud · « **Reply #33 on:** February 12, 2007, 04:00:11 AM »

It's going to cost you more than 26 mill to save the planet. They need to up the pay out.

lazs2 · « **Reply #34 on:** February 12, 2007, 08:45:30 AM »

angus.. I don't understand you. My point is that if you make a refrigerator that uses less juice but is so loud you can't hear the TV... no one will buy it... or if it costs 10 times more. How hard is that to understand? Most of the energy efficient devices we have today work better and save money over the old.. that is fine.

Making people car pool or walk won't work. They will just use the car to run other errands cause of the money they saved walking.

I don't think a carb of any type is the way to go in this age of computer controlled electronic fuel injection either.

lazs

Ball · « **Reply #35 on:** February 12, 2007, 01:10:28 PM »

I think mad scientist chairboy and his global warming saving mech could win this competition.

Dowding · « **Reply #36 on:** February 12, 2007, 05:43:28 PM »

Branson is so unbelieveably annoying. I don't think there is a newsworthy event in the world he wouldn't try and get a bit of publicity out of. Concorde being forced out of service and now global warming. What a nob.

If genital herpes suddenly became a global news event, he'd be sure to offer money to find a cure. And probably some 'Virgin' branding too.

CAF51 · « **Reply #37 on:** February 12, 2007, 05:53:40 PM »

Only 26 Mill? Ive already got one made (heats and cools the house for cheap) but I don't think thats much to outway not having almost free gas and electric bills.

AquaShrimp · « **Reply #38 on:** February 12, 2007, 07:55:28 PM »

Algae blooms might actually be the solution to CO2. Theres been some research into causing gigantic algae blooms in the middle of the ocean, thereby capturing millions of tons of CO2, and letting the algae sink to the bottom of the ocean.

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Originally posted by eagl
Nothing wrong with the fish eating it. They'd crap the carbon back out and it would still end up safely in the muck at the bottom of the ocean.

Actually, that's also part of the natural carbon cycle that we've messed with. We've over-fished most oceans so the amount of dead fish falling to the bottom of the ocean taking a big amount of carbon with them has dramatically decreased.

That's one of the biggest problems with the BS global warming movement nowadays... they're focusing on CO2 production without bothering to look at the other natural systems that have been disrupted, which can be trivially altered (algae blooms), or which are totally out of our control (solar output). Not only are they ignoring natural cycles, they're actively squashing any research that dares to look in those areas by claiming that any research in that direction is an evil plot by the oil companies.

Some simple experimentation in cheap and reversable areas, and a LOT more data gathering is in order, but that's totally non-politically correct. We need another couple decades of high-fidelity data gathering in conjuction with some experimentation (those algae blooms or something like that) to see what impact we're really having on the climate. But even suggesting a truly scientific approach to the issue is a good way to get discredited and accused of trying to destroy the world.

Debonair · « **Reply #39 on:** February 13, 2007, 01:06:22 AM »

good, i dont like fish anyway...and i dont like things that eat fish...of course the mayflower pilgrims said bald eagle tastes like mutton, but if i want mutton it is for sail at teh store

Ball · « **Reply #40 on:** February 13, 2007, 02:24:12 AM »

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Originally posted by Dowding
Branson is so unbelieveably annoying. I don't think there is a newsworthy event in the world he wouldn't try and get a bit of publicity out of. Concorde being forced out of service and now global warming. What a nob.

If genital herpes suddenly became a global news event, he'd be sure to offer money to find a cure. And probably some 'Virgin' branding too.

I disagree, i think he is brilliant,

He just seems to want to do what every normal man in Britain would want to do, and he can because he has a ridiculous amount of money.

The man is a legend!

Angus · « **Reply #41 on:** February 13, 2007, 02:50:06 AM »

"Making people car pool or walk won't work."

It does if tried, up to an extent.
Up here the fuel price is enormous. Result for our household is extensive use of legs and bikes for all closer errands. And car pooling? Yes.

lazs2 · « **Reply #42 on:** February 13, 2007, 08:48:12 AM »

angus... you walk.. demand for gas goes down... I am able to buy more for my hot rods.

lazs