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Shuttleworth should sell "open energy technology" plan to Branson

Green Clippings | 26.09.2006 18:50 | Ecology

Non-patentable shared "open energy technology" has the potential to have a profound impact on the reduction of the greenhouse gases that cause global warming, in the same way that open source software has changed computers and the Internet.

Consider a shared international effort to create a clean rocket fuel, an efficient combustion engine, a wind turbine that is cost effective in developing countries, or even shared plans for production plants for these technologies.

Developing a shared open energy technology development platform, similar to SourceForge, would accelerate the growth of cleaner energy and fuel technology more than any other initiative, and thus impact significantly on greenhouse gas reduction.

The idea should be sold to influential players like Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Richard Branson and international bodies like the United Nations. Possibly the most ideal person to do it would be South African billionaire, Mark Shuttleworth, who is currently taking on Microsoft's domination of the operating system market through the development of the open source operating system, Ubuntu Linux.

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