Richard Branson: Well this is where government comes in. I mean you do need government to set the rules. And you need government that are educated; who read well; who listen to the vast majority of the scientists; who realize that we do have a catastrophe on our hands; and who set the rules.
And if the rules are set properly, then coal companies will have to put their carbon back into the earth’s atmosphere. It’s something that can be done. It is actually the coal, fire-producing power stations that are doing the most damage in the world. And even if there’s an earthquake one day and some of that carbon’s released, it will give us time to come up with ways of getting the carbon out of the earth’s atmosphere, and maybe ways of coming up with clean fuels.
So governments need to set the rules. Governments should say to all the petrol stations, they need to have an ethanol plant in every petrol station. Or at least one in every three petrol stations.
Governments need to say that every five years, the amount of the use of clean fuels must go up by, say, 10 percent every few years. So that these things need to be mandated to force it through.
Brazil, 75 percent of their cars are now run on clean fuels. It can be done. It’s not that difficult a thing to do.
Instead interestingly, America forbids the importation of sugar. There is sugar awash in the world. Sugar produces clean fuels six times more efficiently than corn. Every single car in America could be running on sugar-based ethanol, and no carbon emissions going out whatsoever.
The whole of Europe could be run on sugar-based ethanol. In fact, most likely it would be butanol because it’s more powerful than ethanol, but that needs to be developed.
So instead of being counterproductive to global warming, they need to be productive.
Recorded on: July 5, 2007
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Jen Something on January 8, 2008, 11:00 AM
The governments profit off the oil. Agreed?
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Jen Something on January 8, 2008, 4:00 PM
The governments profit off the oil. Agreed?
Rememberd when you looked for an invention to save the world? I tried to contact you BUT could not!!!
This is an official contact! Please rely to me here or on one of my posts.
Chris Bartlett on January 20, 2008, 5:47 PM
Our previous government in Australia has been acting criminally in terms of the path & direction we have been heading in.
When will the government have more power than corporations & oil companies.
Solutions seem rather simple but as we have seen, nothing has really been done on a political level in nearlly 15 years.
Chris Bartlett on January 20, 2008, 10:47 PM
Our previous government in Australia has been acting criminally in terms of the path & direction we have been heading in.
When will the government have more power than corporations & oil companies.
Solutions seem rather simple but as we have seen, nothing has really been done on a political level in nearlly 15 years.
Rosie Cooper on January 22, 2008, 4:43 PM
Richard,
Education is the calling card for people with government power (whether they are business owners or politicians).
"Education prevents manipulation"; therefore I hope that you incorporate the use of the media more. By doing so; you will enlighten the general public to a far greater degree…and I daresay most of us are awakening to the seriousness of the greenhouse effect.
Greater action is needed to educate on a wide scale.
You are one of the best ambassadors for this cause.
I believe I have correlated enough evidence to put forward an argument that is respectable and difficult to flaw. I want to spread the word. EDUCATION IS DEFINATELY THE BEGINNING. True and concrete-proof policies and commitment to changing the current mess we are in globally is what should follow. We have a duty to ourselves and the preceding generations.
Rosie Cooper (rainbow-rosie@hotmail.com)
We Can Do It.
Rosie Cooper on January 22, 2008, 9:43 PM
Richard,
Education is the calling card for people with government power (whether they are business owners or politicians).
“Education prevents manipulation”; therefore I hope that you incorporate the use of the media more. By doing so; you will enlighten the general public to a far greater degree…and I daresay most of us are awakening to the seriousness of the greenhouse effect.
Greater action is needed to educate on a wide scale.
You are one of the best ambassadors for this cause.
I believe I have correlated enough evidence to put forward an argument that is respectable and difficult to flaw. I want to spread the word. EDUCATION IS DEFINATELY THE BEGINNING. True and concrete-proof policies and commitment to changing the current mess we are in globally is what should follow. We have a duty to ourselves and the preceding generations.
Rosie Cooper (rainbow-rosie@hotmail.com)
We Can Do It.
firstname lastname on January 15, 2009, 10:32 AM
I am doing a paper on government policy on climate change and I need to hear all possible viewpoints. So keep posting on this subject
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