Solution to the world’s energy problems
Jun 11th, 2008 by Aaron Louie
If I had a trillion dollars, I’d solve the United State’s energy problems:
- 1. Invest in research for cheaper, more efficient, mass-producible solar energy technologies, paired with seed funding for companies to bring those technologies to market.
- 2. Create an X-Prize for the design of a cheap, efficient, mass-produced electric motor that can replace the gasoline engine of an existing popular stock car (e.g., Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic, etc.) and can hook directly into its drivetrain with little/no loss of performance. Part of the prize would be an immediate contract for mass production with a major automaker.
- 3. Start a free community-based farmer re-education program to teach current industrial-scale single-crop farmers how to re-tool their farm operations for large-scale permaculture and polyculture using viable heirloom seeds.
- 4. Split everything left over between scientific research and K-18+ education.