Cool

Allow private americans to invest in the greatness of their country? That's socialism.

I'm surprised they didn't have stuff like this collected on one site before.

The White House really needs to put more showy pomp and circumstance to great, simple ideas like this. Right now, the people who control the political narrative are singularly negative and Obama's people need to highlight the unequivocal good things they do.

Just entered my moonshine-powered 1983 jacked-up bronco for automotive challenge y'all!

Always been a fan of the X-Prize concept. 'This is the end goal we're shooting for, we'll leave it up to you to come up with the best way to get there; whoever does it best gets a pile of money.'

It's reality-show whoredom put to good use. Hell, you could probably make an ACTUAL reality show out of it. (And not that American Inventor shiat. Take a real-life problem, put the reality-show masses to it, and you'll have the problem fixed by sweeps.)

Know who else had challenged his nation's best and brightest to overcome obstacles with cash prizes?

Here's a hint:

Remember when the libtards laughed at McCain's idea of offering a massive $300mm prize to the first person who developed a commercially feasible 'green' car battery that could power a car without any fuel? They think it's "cool" when Obama's administration sets up a website with similar goals, but when McCain suggested it he got laughed at for not being simple and not original enough to come up with energy solutions on his own.

Oh how you have come full circle. Funny how the merit of the idea is irrelevant, only the affiliation of the person who proposes it seems to matter.

Keep it up, libtards. This site is a good idea, hopefully people participate.

Gosling: It's reality-show whoredom put to good use. Hell, you could probably make an ACTUAL reality show out of it. (And not that American Inventor shiat. Take a real-life problem, put the reality-show masses to it, and you'll have the problem fixed by sweeps.)

Achievement competitions are much older than reality television. The Orteig Prize (new window) was what spurred aviation development enough to let Charles Lindbergh to cross the Atlantic.

AmazinTim: Remember when the libtards laughed at McCain's idea of offering a massive $300mm prize to the first person who developed a commercially feasible 'green' car battery that could power a car without any fuel?

No.

AmazinTim: Remember when the libtards laughed at McCain's idea of offering a massive $300mm prize to the first person who developed a commercially feasible 'green' car battery that could power a car without any fuel?

I think that overcoming the law of conservation of energy is worth a lot more than $300M.

AmazinTim: Remember when the libtards laughed at McCain's idea of offering a massive $300mm prize to the first person who developed a commercially feasible 'green' car battery that could power a car without any fuel? They think it's "cool" when Obama's administration sets up a website with similar goals, but when McCain suggested it he got laughed at for not being simple and not original enough to come up with energy solutions on his own.

Oh how you have come full circle. Funny how the merit of the idea is irrelevant, only the affiliation of the person who proposes it seems to matter.

Keep it up, libtards. This site is a good idea, hopefully people participate.



I don't remember that.

AmazinTim: Remember when the libtards laughed at McCain's idea of offering a massive $300mm prize to the first person who developed a commercially feasible 'green' car battery that could power a car without any fuel?

I think that the added incentive of winning a few hundred millions is not really much when it comes to creating something that will easily be worth several thousand times that. If you can build a battery that will store electricity in a way comparable to the way a common gas tank does in measures such as capacity, energy density, load-time, safety etc you will have something that will easily be worth not just billions but trillions.

The trick with these challenges is to offer them for stuff that won't immediately pay for themselves to encourage incremental advances on the way to larger greater goals.

K.B.O. Winston: Quel: AmazinTim: Remember when the libtards laughed at McCain's idea of offering a massive $300mm prize to the first person who developed a commercially feasible 'green' car battery that could power a car without any fuel?

No.

I was about to post the same thing, darn you!

I also don't remember this.

Dr. Mojo PhD: K.B.O. Winston: Quel: AmazinTim: Remember when the libtards laughed at McCain's idea of offering a massive $300mm prize to the first person who developed a commercially feasible 'green' car battery that could power a car without any fuel?

No.

I was about to post the same thing, darn you!

I also don't remember this.

Here's a refresher - From CNET (new window)

AmazinTim: Remember when the libtards laughed at McCain's idea of offering a massive $300mm prize to the first person who developed a commercially feasible 'green' car battery that could power a car without any fuel?

Me neither. Good idea is good.

Tiberius Gracchus: AmazinTim: Remember when the libtards laughed at McCain's idea of offering a massive $300mm prize to the first person who developed a commercially feasible 'green' car battery that could power a car without any fuel


What? Like this? (new window)

You're argument is invalid.

AmazinTim: Dr. Mojo PhD: K.B.O. Winston: Quel: AmazinTim: Remember when the libtards laughed at McCain's idea of offering a massive $300mm prize to the first person who developed a commercially feasible 'green' car battery that could power a car without any fuel?

No.

I was about to post the same thing, darn you!

I also don't remember this.

Here's a refresher - From CNET (new window)

No, he's definitely talking about cars that run on fuel there.

Nebulious: Gosling: It's reality-show whoredom put to good use. Hell, you could probably make an ACTUAL reality show out of it. (And not that American Inventor shiat. Take a real-life problem, put the reality-show masses to it, and you'll have the problem fixed by sweeps.)

Achievement competitions are much older than reality television. The Orteig Prize (new window) was what spurred aviation development enough to let Charles Lindbergh to cross the Atlantic.

Came to post this. There were several of these going pre-Depression, for specific challenges. Hell, Parliament gave a prize for figuring out how to determine longitude back in the 1700s (or so). Also, you guys do realize that most of the annual prizes, like the Nobels and Pulitzers come with a fat check, right? Nobel winners can pull down over a million bucks, depending on the field.

AmazinTim: Dr. Mojo PhD: K.B.O. Winston: Quel: AmazinTim: Remember when the libtards laughed at McCain's idea of offering a massive $300mm prize to the first person who developed a commercially feasible 'green' car battery that could power a car without any fuel?

No.

I was about to post the same thing, darn you!

I also don't remember this.

Here's a refresher - From CNET (new window)

WHAR LIBRULS WHAR

theorellior: AmazinTim: Here's a refresher - From CNET (new window)

I don't remember this, but I'm a fascist commie liberal sochalest and I think that it's a great idea. I also like the other idea McCain had in that article of eliminating tariffs on Brazilian sugarcane ethanol and cutting subsidies for US corn ethanol.

Your move, AmazinTim.

A+

AmazinTim: Dr. Mojo PhD: K.B.O. Winston: Quel: AmazinTim: Remember when the libtards laughed at McCain's idea of offering a massive $300mm prize to the first person who developed a commercially feasible 'green' car battery that could power a car without any fuel?

No.

I was about to post the same thing, darn you!

I also don't remember this.

Here's a refresher - From CNET (new window)

The article doesn't say anything about liberals attacking the idea. Feel free to try again.

Obama thought of an idea?

Let's tear him apart!!!

lol nobody said McCain's idea was bad. It's just that Obama's ideas were far better because it involves investing more across a broader range of energy needs. Including McCain's idea while simultaneously working on other aspects of energy use is superior to the limited scope that mr. mavrik presented.

BlippityBleep: lol nobody said McCain's idea was bad. It's just that Obama's ideas were far better because it involves investing more across a broader range of energy needs. Including McCain's idea while simultaneously working on other aspects of energy use is superior to the limited scope that mr. mavrik presented.

I believe Obama referred to McCain's idea as a "gimmick." What exactly is this web site then if it proposes similar means to achieving goals?

AmazinTim: I believe Obama referred to McCain's idea as a "gimmick." What exactly is this web site then if it proposes similar means to achieving goals?

Absolutely. When it is your one big thing to solve energy problems, it is. When it is a small portion within a larger picture of innovation it becomes a smaller strategy within the whole. Still a little gimmicky but it's not where the mass of innovation is going to be. It's not the same thing, you see?

theorellior: I dunno what your intentions were in this thread, AmazinTim, and I'd hate to cast aspersions on the goodness of your heart, but if you were attempting to troll you failed spectacularly.

I try to avoid trolling and/or feeding trolls. Just pointing out that it's a similar concept to what McCain proposed while he was running for President that leftists called a gimmick.

BlippityBleep: AmazinTim: I believe Obama referred to McCain's idea as a "gimmick." What exactly is this web site then if it proposes similar means to achieving goals?

Absolutely. When it is your one big thing to solve energy problems, it is. When it is a small portion within a larger picture of innovation it becomes a smaller strategy within the whole. Still a little gimmicky but it's not where the mass of innovation is going to be. It's not the same thing, you see?

I'm not familiar with what the government-funded larger strategy of the current administration is. Considering that democrats historically have been more receptive towards boosting funding for the NSF I'll take you at your word that this is site a drop in the bucket; albeit an important one. I'd also speculate to say that this wasn't going to be McCain's only venture into advancing sciences.

<b><a>AmazinTim</a>:</b> <i>Remember when the libtards laughed at McCain's idea of offering a massive $300mm prize to the first person who developed a commercially feasible 'green' car battery that could power a car without any fuel?</i>


I don't know if anyone would take him up on the offer...I mean, it's only $11.8in...and $1ft doesn't get you much anymore

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this link wasn't to congress was it?

Rink Flarked.

ubermensch: <b><a>AmazinTim</a>:</b> <i>Remember when the libtards laughed at McCain's idea of offering a massive $300mm prize to the first person who developed a commercially feasible 'green' car battery that could power a car without any fuel?</i>


I don't know if anyone would take him up on the offer...I mean, it's only $11.8in...and $1ft doesn't get you much anymore



Are you trolling or stupid? MM is a common abbreviation for Million. It comes from Latin "Mille" meaning "thousand", so MM is a "thousand thousands" which equals one million.

"MM" is widely used in the financial and advertising industries.

Good to see Obama giving back to his hometown community.
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