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"H-Prize" Announced
An anonymous reader writes " The House passed legislation to encourage research into hydrogen as an alternative fuel creating the "H-Prize",allowing scientists, inventors and entrepreneurs to vie for a grand prize of $10 million, and smaller prizes. The Department of Energy would put together a private foundation to set up guidelines and requirements for the prizes. Anyone can participate, as long as the research is performed in the United States and the person, if employed by the government or a national lab, does the research on his own time.
Best political Quote: "If we can reinvent the car, imagine the jobs we can create." said bill sponsor Rep. Bob Inglis, R-S.C."
Its not everyday the government asks us to do dangerous things outside our work time especially doing things with hydrogen. I wonder if the other departments have been notified of this homework assignment?
Splitting the atom at work is fun, getting to take work home is just a bonus.
Now, where's my chisel?
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"If we can reinvent the car, imagine the jobs we can create."
oh and uh, it might help the environment or something too.
-- lol pwned
After all, why try other energy sources when you can always invade oil producers searching for their weapons of mass destruction?
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That would be a direct violation of the DMCA's provisions on reverse engineering.
Did anyone else instantly think this was some sort of prize for creating outstanding Hentai? =/
...but only $10 million? They spend way more than that on saving owls and stuff.
A gradual raising of gas taxes until pump prices are around $7/gallon, with the money raised being pumped into (free) public transport would achieve precisely that.
Right. Because the whole state-owned-rail-system-thing has such a glorious history of excellence.
Listen up, you urban childless wonder: Raise your own damn taxes, and stay away from gasoline. It fuels a whole lot more than those "e-e-e-e-e-vil" SUVs and Hummers, like interstate commerce for example.
But if we're going to play the game of frivolous agenda-forwarding wealth-redistribution, let's let everybody play, not just the sniffy erudites in the black turtlenecks. Here we go: I propose a $1,000 tax on every Mac puchase. I propose a $2 tax on every latte. I think the state should get a penny-a-ping for every SMS and IM sent. I suggest everyone who pays more than twelve dollars for a haircut should be taxed another eight dollars on that transaction: sort of a luxury/vanity/sin/stupidity tax, all rolled into one.
Gosh, that was exhilarating! Who knew angry socialism could be so much fun?
"If we can reinvent the car, imagine the jobs we can create."
Imagine what it'd do for the economy if they reinvented the wheel!
Sounds like someone is an angry breeder stuck in the burbs with a minivan.
"If we can reinvent the car, imagine the jobs we can create in China."
I don't know jack about why they cost what they do.
Because we have a fossil fuel economy and a great deal of fossil fuels are burned in their production.
It's all about oil, coal and natural gas.
When I ride my bicycle am going "oil free"? Well, how do you think the bananas I'm eating to fuel my bicycle got from Argentina to upstate NY, bicycle there?
KFG