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		Bill Gates backs UK scientists in new project to develop renewable energy from human waste, but wants them to come up with a better name than "Golden Power" ( power-technology.com)		46
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olapbill

2014-01-17 08:28:43 AM

shh..

mutterfark

2014-01-17 08:35:05 AM

♪ olapbill: shh..

...aving cream. ♪

here to help

2014-01-17 08:40:05 AM

So what do our shill deniers think of Mr. Gates, a 0.1%er and one of the greatest job creators in history, putting his OWN hard earned money into this type of R&D? I'm sure there is some reason to get all wargharbly over it.
Aaaand GO!

markfara

2014-01-17 08:40:24 AM

Pee-trolium?

Onkel Buck

2014-01-17 08:41:04 AM

Brown 25 (from Uranus)

Sybarite

2014-01-17 08:44:06 AM

Who run Bartertown?

maddogdelta

2014-01-17 08:45:11 AM

Onkel Buck: Brown 25 (from Uranus)

*tiny fist shaking*

golf clap!

tommyl66

2014-01-17 08:48:16 AM

Look, look, you can't pee into a Mr. Coffee and get Taster's Choice!

here to help

2014-01-17 08:48:33 AM

And just for humor...

One day years ago I was visiting my mom. She used like taking me for long meandering drives through the country when I'd visit for some odd reason. So we were passing through one of the towns and I saw a store called RJ's Water Sports or some such and began to laugh. Dear ole ma asked me what was so funny. I tried to sluff it off and say it was nothing but she wouldn't let it drop.

So that fine day out on a quiet country road I had to explain the term "water sports" to my elderly mother.

Lord of Allusions

2014-01-17 08:53:57 AM

Poopetual Motion

Johnny_Canuck

2014-01-17 08:55:21 AM

markfara: Pee-trolium?

Done in one, Peetrollium it is.

VimFuego

2014-01-17 08:58:25 AM

Black Power!

AngryDragon

2014-01-17 08:59:35 AM

here to help: So what do our shill deniers think of Mr. Gates, a 0.1%er and one of the greatest job creators in history, putting his OWN hard earned money into this type of R&D? I'm sure there is some reason to get all wargharbly over it.
Aaaand GO!

Let's talk when more than 0,1% of the 0.1%ers are doing it. Never thought I would think of Gates as a hero though. I guess anything is possible. Maybe he's trying to get into heaven now.

Lady J

2014-01-17 09:07:23 AM

isnt there a Gates Foundation? I thought they donated a lot of money to charity

Barnstormer

2014-01-17 09:07:47 AM

The actual name of an actual amusement park on Cape Cod. I hear the rides are wicked pissah.

navanax

2014-01-17 09:08:36 AM

tommyl66: Look, look, you can't pee into a Mr. Coffee and get Taster's Choice!

If you're accustomed to drinking instant coffee I doubt you'd notice the difference.

Alonjar

2014-01-17 09:09:58 AM

AngryDragon: Let's talk when more than 0,1% of the 0.1%ers are doing it. Never thought I would think of Gates as a hero though. I guess anything is possible. Maybe he's trying to get into heaven now.

Historically speaking, the richest and most greedy farks around turned into philanthropists at the end of their lives not out of good will towards man, but because they "won" at capitalism and needed to turn to other challenges to fulfill their competitive desires and improve their legacy. See: John D Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, etc.

StrikitRich

2014-01-17 09:10:07 AM

"Yel-low Rain, Yeh-eh-low Rain........."

Found our ad campaign?

CheatCommando

2014-01-17 09:10:08 AM

1/10.

here to help

2014-01-17 09:10:55 AM

AngryDragon: here to help: So what do our shill deniers think of Mr. Gates, a 0.1%er and one of the greatest job creators in history, putting his OWN hard earned money into this type of R&D? I'm sure there is some reason to get all wargharbly over it.
Aaaand GO!

Let's talk when more than 0,1% of the 0.1%ers are doing it. Never thought I would think of Gates as a hero though. I guess anything is possible. Maybe he's trying to get into heaven now.

Well all we need is one really good, scalable, SUSTAINABLE idea that can match or exceed the profit potential of oil and deliver the same power. It'll come so any research is better than none.

From what I hear the algae produced biofuel is looking like a good candidate but I've only perused the subject in passing.

here to help

2014-01-17 09:11:53 AM

CheatCommando: here to help: So what do our shill deniers think of Mr. Gates, a 0.1%er and one of the greatest job creators in history, putting his OWN hard earned money into this type of R&D? I'm sure there is some reason to get all wargharbly over it.
Aaaand GO!

1/10.

Your tea bags are showing.

The.anti-Larry

2014-01-17 09:15:47 AM

Gates has previous experience in this area. His company created a product from human excrement call Microsoft Office.

RedZoneTuba

2014-01-17 09:50:18 AM

Crapenol?
Really-crude Oil?
Pooclear Power?

rwfan

2014-01-17 09:53:10 AM

Barnstormer: [themeparkpost.com image 319x156]

The actual name of an actual amusement park on Cape Cod. I hear the rides are wicked pissah.

Good to know I am not the only one, I have always referred to that park as the water and wizz. Truth in advertising!

xanadian

2014-01-17 10:04:17 AM

Those boffins aren't really going to name it that. They're just taking the piss.

FTDA

2014-01-17 10:06:15 AM

mutterfark: ♪ olapbill: shh..

...aving cream. ♪

You can't beat the classics!

xanadian

2014-01-17 10:07:08 AM

The.anti-Larry: Gates has previous experience in this area. His company created a product from human excrement call Microsoft Office.

And Vista. Don't forget Vista.

Itstoearly

2014-01-17 10:09:15 AM

Will this change the meaning of brown outs?

FTDA

2014-01-17 10:10:06 AM

tommyl66: Look, look, you can't pee into a Mr. Coffee and get Taster's Choice!

Frowns apon your shenanigans.

FTDA

2014-01-17 10:14:44 AM

xanadian: The.anti-Larry: Gates has previous experience in this area. His company created a product from human excrement call Microsoft Office.

And Vista. Don't forget Vista.

Windows 98SE
Windows ME

CheatCommando

2014-01-17 10:28:56 AM

here to help: CheatCommando: here to help: So what do our shill deniers think of Mr. Gates, a 0.1%er and one of the greatest job creators in history, putting his OWN hard earned money into this type of R&D? I'm sure there is some reason to get all wargharbly over it.
Aaaand GO!

1/10.

Your tea bags are showing.

[Youdontknowmeverywell.jpg]

DROxINxTHExWIND

2014-01-17 10:31:14 AM

I took a piss this morning that could have given power to a small city for two days.

Valiente

2014-01-17 10:33:41 AM

What has brown done for you today?

yakmans_dad

2014-01-17 10:50:28 AM

Were he to make it, I bet he'd try to corner the market on it.

yakmans_dad

2014-01-17 10:51:06 AM

SaveOn Matches.

Clemkadidlefark

2014-01-17 11:29:45 AM

Next up, Bill Gates announces Soylent Green ..

brantgoose

2014-01-17 11:38:32 AM

Is Bill Gates III the New King of the Golden River?

Could be.

How about calling it coprolium?

brantgoose

2014-01-17 11:40:37 AM

Coprolium is a beautiful word. Very mellifluous. I made it up myself. One of the things on my personal bucket list: coin a word that becomes accepted and part of the English language. (I am willing to consider other languages, such as French, on an ad hoc basis.)

A coprolite

brantgoose

2014-01-17 11:42:00 AM

Coprolites: proof you can make a silk purse from a sow's ear if you have the time

brantgoose

2014-01-17 11:43:15 AM

Also proof that you can get something quite nice by polishing a turd.

yakmans_dad

2014-01-17 12:08:09 PM

brantgoose: Also proof that you can get something quite nice by polishing a turd.

POLITICS is over there ---->

lilbjorn

2014-01-17 02:17:05 PM

Tory Power.

ReverendJynxed

2014-01-17 02:20:34 PM

People get wargharbly over tax write-offs and shelters?

gecizzle

2014-01-17 04:07:03 PM

What can brown do for you?

Learned Louisianian

2014-01-18 01:21:47 PM

The.anti-Larry: Gates has previous experience in this area. His company created a product from human excrement call Microsoft Office.

I think you're forgetting "Windows ME" and "Windows Vista".

Learned Louisianian

2014-01-18 01:46:13 PM

Creating power from waste is kind-of a big deal. I've been saying for over a decade now that we need to try to find ways to harness the wasted heat our machines and electronics give off to help mitigate power demands.

Within the next 200 years we're going to hit a point at which it becomes obvious: We need to redesign and re-tool our economy and infrastructure to more closely resemble an ecosystem. Scavengers consuming waste products then themselves being harvested for usable resources to supplement or replenish the producers. The 'energy Economy' needs to become an 'Energy Ecology'.

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