Some will know that Google is running a competition where people submit
ideas for world changing projects and the top ten projects get funding
from them.
I have 5 submissions in. http://www.project10tothe100.com/index.html
* A perennial polyculture harvester for grains that are not
dried on the stem. The wet green grain, seeds etc is wet processed
directly
into noodles, textured protein or pellets on the machine. Millions
of tons of crops are lost because they don't dry for harvest. It
also allows many grass species that are rich foods but not yet
domestic grain to become new foods. Most can't be harvested using
current technologies. Perennial polycultures protect and nurture
the soil much more than annual grains.
* Farming the sea with a system using floating plastic ponds with
buoyant water plants growing in fresh fertilized water. Some have
seen my page on that:
http://www.geocities.com/vacoyecology/Bubble_ponds_fluke_boats.html
* A free market way to create millions of hectares of private
wilderness parks, endangered species habitat and wildlife
corridors sparsely occupied cemeteries. One to ten graves per
hectare instead of one grave every metre of path. The deceased
would buy on a Funeral plan and some of the money would be banked
so the interest could cover maintenance.
* A farm scale air well that condenses water from the air using
solar power, cheap materials and cheap heat pumps. Not quite
water for every farm but it would drought proof some farms and
provide enough water and emergency irrigated feed to keep breading
stock and orchards going in a drought.
* A radical idea to have all government departments, programs etc
listed as tax deductible charities and to make the donations to
them anonymous. This creates something like a fiscal free
market. I allocate my tax as I please and the parliament goes
back to being a house of review with out the pork barrel and
endless fighting. Anything I have missed or ignored is covered by
others or by the remaining general revenue. It's proposed as an
experiment at the local government level. I have a web page
covering the same concept at all levels.
http://www.geocities.com/vacoyecology/PAYERDFS.html
Not sure they will win but its worth a try. I believe that while there's
only 10 prizes that hundreds of the projects will be taken up because
the projects are so public.
