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Originally Posted by Alpinejs
...Way off topic, but I, like many others like to spend Bill Gate's money. I think he should
make an offer of one billion (yes, billion) dollars to any University in the world that can
perfect an economical huge volume de-salination plant where ocean water could be
pumped through pipelines like oil to parched areas for agriculture and re-forestation.
The end effect on this ol' planet is mind boggling!! Sorry for straying.
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Yeah, the most effective use of money (if you have billions) is often infrastructure. But I'd spend it on lower-tech, smaller-scale innovations. I attended a talk by Radha Basu this summer and was astounded at all the frugal innovation.
http://www.scu.edu/socialbenefit/new...b=142&tag=2975