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X Prize To Offer Millions For Gulf Oil Cleanup Solution

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the just-pull-the-drain-plug-and-refill dept.

Jamie noted that X Prize is offering prizes for a solution to the Gulf Coast oil clean up. This is in addition to categories for mapping genomes, making an incredibly fuel efficient car, and exploring the moon's surface with a robotic vehicle.

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  1. Jones Act? by The+AtomicPunk · · Score: 1, Troll

    How about just dropping the Jones act and let foreign ships in to help, rather than this administration protecting its union cronies?

    disclaimer: I loathed the last administration too.