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133 crazy green idea videos on You Tube

Submitted by fran 
On November 4, 2008 - 21:48

There is a group page on You Tube containing the 133 video entries, each limited to 2 minutes, for the recent X Prize contest, "My Crazy Green Idea," to come up with an idea for the next X Prize alternate energy competition--ideas addressing climate change and lowering carbon emissions.  I'm going through these a few at a time and think they form an addition to the Climate Change exhibit and are all worth looking at.  The web address is: www.youtube.com/groups_videos?name=crazygreenidea .  (That's groups_videos.)  The X Prize Committe will chose 3 videos for the public to vote on for a winner and this will happen in November on the X Prize website: www.xprize.org .  But what will happen to all the other ideas that don't win but are still good ideas--such as the idea that growing bamboo can remove significant amounts of carbon from the air or the idea that there is already a known method of switching to hydrogen power?  Ultimately, it will be up to individuals and communities to get behind such ideas and others that have been proposed in the Climate Change exhibit and elsewhere (notably in the book, 50 Simple Things You Can Do To Save The Earth).  So I want to let people know this treasure trove of ideas on You Tube is available for viewing.