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The story is about the new Breakthrough Energy Coalition. But there's no information on how to contact the coalition with technologies they should consider. htt
by paul_f 10y ago
The story is about the new Breakthrough Energy Coalition. But there's no information on how to contact the coalition with technologies they should consider. http://www.breakthroughenergycoalition.com/en/index.html http://www.breakthroughenergycoalition.com/en/index.html In fact, their website says this: "BEC does not accept or consider unsolicited ideas, suggestions, information, or materials of any nature whatsoever"
- safeignorance 10y agoThat doesn't necessarily mean they aren't going to solicit ideas -- either from public calls or (especially) from recognized experts. Most grant-giving organizations don't accept unsolicited requests for money, but then regularly put out completely public solicitations for proposals on specific topics. From the article, it sounds like 1) they already have a lot of pretty specific ideas about where to invest; and 2) they're waiting until they coalesce matching funding from other foundations to start making solicitations/rewarding grants/investing in companies.
- nickff 10y agoTo be fair, most organizations only pay lip service to unsolicited feedback and suggestions; at least these people are being honest.
- dredmorbius 10y agoOdds of some random individual coming up with a hitherto unknown energy system or source are low. There are other and better ways to discover same. We've for forces and four root entropic flows to tap: solar, geothermal, nuclear, and tidal. (Wind, hydro, biomass, and fossil fuels are all solar in origin.) I'd bet big money there's nothing else will emerge in the next 20 years. I'd bet on the next 1,000 if I thought I'd live that long.
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