My 2007 submission for $25 million "Virgin Earth Challenge?"

Did I manage to be both funny as well as serious and accurate in my Virgin Earth submission?

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I have been told that my 2007 submission for the twenty five million dollar "Virgin Earth Challenge" was quite funny.

I have to plead guilty that that was one of my major objectives. I felt a duty at that time to get people to think outside of the little green, or red, or orange or blue political box that BigMedia seemed to be cramming all of us Canadians down into?

I believe that fairly good humour can be fairly serious all at the same time. That was indeed my objective. Do you think that this writing is both funny as well as basically serious or accurate?



"Today, Sir Richard Branson and Al Gore announced
the setting up of a new Global science and technology
prize The Virgin Earth Challenge in the belief that
history has shown that prizes of this nature encourage technological advancements for the good of mankind.
The Virgin Earth Challenge will award $25 million to
the individual or group who are able to demonstrate
a commercially viable design which will result in the
net removal of anthropogenic, atmospheric greenhouse
gases each year for at least ten years without
countervailing harmful effects. This removal must
have long term effects and contribute materially to
the stability of the Earths climate."



"Anti-Armageddon Paradigm Shift Monetary Policy Theory The Introduction."
"Dr James Hansen, Director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies: "I think we have a very brief window of opportunity to deal with climate change ... no longer than a decade, at the most. This is why I am supporting the Virgin Earth Challenge as a judge we must explore all means, both known and unknown, to help alleviate this crisis."

Dennis Tate
March 15, 2007

Sir Richard Branson
Virgin Earth Challenge
120 Campden Hill Road
London W8 7AR
United Kingdom

Dear Mr. Branson:

It is my firm belief that the number one technological device to reduce atmospheric greenhouse gases has already been invented. It is the tree.

What is desperately needed at this time is not necessarily a new mechanical device but instead a paradigm shift in economic theory regarding monetary policy. We require a readily understandable explanation on how leaders in business and government can direct not only millions, but actually trillions of dollars of investment into combating global warming
.


One of the most effective practical methods that could be put into place in the least amount of time would be dozens of the largest possible desalinization plants all along the Mediterranean and Red Seas. Huge quantities of fresh water could be dripped onto the Sinai and Sahara deserts and voila, well chosen species of newly planted fast growing trees could soon change the color of these relatively desolate areas, significantly reduce atmospheric CO2, positively affect local weather patterns and at the same time significantly counterbalance the increases in worldwide ocean levels as the polar ice caps melt. This will buy us some extra time and thus expand the "very brief window of opportunity to deal with climate change."

So who is going to finance the construction of all these massive installations not to mention the planting of all those seedling trees?

I believe that it is possible for you to do this yourself Mr. Branson. You have already created a Virgin currency unit/coupon which has astonishing long term potential. My wife Maria Jose just returned from a two week trip to the British VIRGIN Islands. It is theoretically possible to link your Virgin coupon with the national currency of a small nation and you could soon be playing around in macro-economics. Considering the volume of business being done through your Virgin Group I would submit that you already are.

Pope Benedict XVI may be in an even stronger position than you Mr. Branson to transform the world economy virtually overnight through the introduction of a new Vatican Currency Unit that could be linked with each and every national currency where the Vatican State is free to do business.

I plan to elaborate in great detail on these two major alternatives in a later writing but I felt that you and your staff should now see the simple explanation that I wrote up for applying this theory within a micro-economy to greatly reduce unemployment. Although combating global warming would seem to be a conflicting goal to job creation, there need be no dissonance when we all have a better grasp of the big picture.

I ran as an independent for the office of MLA in the most recent Nova Scotia provincial election.


Dennis Tate primary campaign writing for June 13/06 election

My name is Dennis Tate. I lived most of my forty seven years in West Lochiel Lake, Guysborough County. I am running for MLA as an independent in the area of Pictou Centre so that I can help as many people as possible become more aware of what I am sure is the real reason why our roads are in disrepair, why hospital beds are unused, why so many of the rural schools have been shut down, why our soldiers in Afghanistan are poorly equipped and why many if not most of our young people may have to leave Nova Scotia to find jobs.

When well trained workers have high quality technology to work with then the total of all wages and benefits paid out to employees is only a fraction of the retail value of the products they produce. As a result of this fact the only way to move products out of warehouses is to extend higher and higher levels of credit. One problem with an abundance of red ink is that compound interest on all this government, business and personal debt over a period of decades will grow to astronomical levels. At this time there is approximately TEN TIMES as much debt in Canada as there is money. A simple explanation for how this happened can be seen here:


In my opinion this rather simple mathematical problem is perhaps the number one cause of inflation in the Canadian economy over the past three decades. This is also perhaps the number one reason why our costs of production are so high and Canadian products cannot compete on the world markets as well as they could under better conditions.


From 1940 to 1970 the Government of Canada put roughly half of the total money supply into the economy through loans issued through the federally owned Bank of Canada. Provincial and municipal governments could borrow the money to build roads, schools, hospitals and sewage treatment facilities at zero or one percent interest. In 1970 we changed our system and since that time a higher and higher percentage of all government debt is financed through loans issued through privately owned banks. At this time it is ninety eight percent. This policy may be great for our banking sector but it was estimated that in the one year of 1995 alone our federal government could have saved roughly SIXTY FIVE BILLION DOLLARS in interest payments if we had gone back to creating half the total money supply through these low interest rate loans issued through the bank that is OWNED BY ALL CANADIANS.

Considering that our deficit was approximately thirty billion dollars for that year, simply by changing back to an already proven monetary and banking system, we could theoretically have had a FEDERAL BUDGET SURPLUS OF THIRTY FIVE BILLION DOLLARS in 1995.


The massive cutbacks in the Canadian military, in health care, highway construction, social programs and education were profoundly affected by these accounting practices?

So what can you and I do about this problem?
1. If we will do our homework and study this question we can put pressure on our provincial level politicians to create a provincially owned bank. A true Bank of Nova Scotia owned by all Nova Scotians could be used to finance town and municipal government projects at zero or one percent interest just as The Bank of Canada used to do.

2. Town and municipal government officials in New Glasgow, Stellarton and Trenton should seriously consider creating a local currency unit such as has been done in Ithaca, New York.

This is a great way to promote local businesses and help sustain rural economies.

3. It is also possible for groups of concerned individuals to get together and organize a local barter exchange as a cooperative. Mr. Rob Assels has been instrumental in just such an initiative in the Tatamagouche and River John area so surely we can get similar organizations up and running here in New Glasgow, Pictou, Stellarton, Trenton and Westville. Here is a link into the Halifax LETS system:

Let's discuss the various options available on the Pictou County Portal Message board. If you have trouble using this technology maybe you could hire a young person to help you get started?
...pcconnects.
ca/portal/c/portal/layout

I just completed the first year of the Information Technology Program at Stellarton Campus of NSCC. I am running in Pictou Centre because I know that the towns of New Glasgow, Stellarton and Trenton have the people, the industrial base and the technological capability to become powerhouses of job creation not only for this area but also for all the surrounding regions.
"The wealth that is in the city comes from the countryside."

Creating new jobs in New Glasgow, Stellarton, and Trenton will ultimately depend on job creation in the surrounding rural areas.

Thank you immensely for taking the time to consider these points. By deciding to vote for me on June 13 you will be sending a clear message to the various political parties that you want them to take a serious look at these flaws in our monetary system and at these possible remedies. From now on if a politician tells you that they have to close down a school because of budgetary restraints, you may know far more about what is really happening than they do.


Warmest regards,




Dennis Tate

p.s. I shall be back to you shortly Sir with an explanation of how your Virgin Group could implement this theory in a form that for all intents and purposes could be patented/copyrighted.

"And the LORD said, Behold, the people [is] one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do." (Genesis 11:6 KJV)."
"A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all [things]."(Ecclesiastes 10: 19).



" What it is.. Is hilarious!! Excellent read I enjoyed it immensely, and thank you for sharing
:nod:
" [22Catch]
 
Amusing, however ....
1) There has been far greater climate change and also higher average temperatures and higher percentages of CO2 in Earth's past and Life still flourished and expanded over those billions of years.

2) Current CO2 volumn in the atmosphere is at one of the lowest levels in this planet's history.

3) Current CO2 levels are barely enough to sustain current flora. 99% of life (Flora) on this planet would appreciate more, not less CO2.
 
Amusing, however ....
1) There has been far greater climate change and also higher average temperatures and higher percentages of CO2 in Earth's past and Life still flourished and expanded over those billions of years.

2) Current CO2 volumn in the atmosphere is at one of the lowest levels in this planet's history.

3) Current CO2 levels are barely enough to sustain current flora. 99% of life (Flora) on this planet would appreciate more, not less CO2.
Exactly, the people who want us to panic over atmospheric plant food may not have our best interests in mind at all.

They could be being influenced by wealthy "Neo-Malthusians" who tend to believe that depopulation is the best way to save the environment from us overly productive human beings.

The increased levels of atmospheric CO2 seems to have been great news for trees and other forms of vegetation.


With CO2 Levels Rising, World’s Drylands Are Turning Green​

Despite warnings that climate change would create widespread desertification, many drylands are getting greener because of increased CO2 in the air — a trend that recent studies indicate will continue. But scientists warn this added vegetation may soak up scarce water supplies.
BY FRED PEARCE • JULY 16, 2024

Southeast Australia has been getting hotter and drier. Droughts have lengthened, and temperatures regularly soar above 95 degrees F (35 degrees C). Bush fires abound. But somehow, its woodlands keep growing. One of the more extreme and volatile ecosystems on the planet is defying meteorology and becoming greener.

 

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Best way to ruin the "wealthy "Neo-Malthusians" " dreams for negative human future is for humanity to quickly become inter-stellar in our expansion and colonization efforts. Gaining alternatives to our "one world" future at present.
 
Best way to ruin the "wealthy "Neo-Malthusians" " dreams for negative human future is for humanity to quickly become inter-stellar in our expansion and colonization efforts. Gaining alternatives to our "one world" future at present.


If you were to do a search for the research of Helen Wambach Ph. D. that she was aided in doing by Dr. Chet Snow I believe that you would find anecdotal evidence that humanity, even perhaps in a previous time line, already made it out to other planets?


If we did this in the past then obviously it is theoretically possible for us to do this again in the not too distant future.

The name Nikola Tesla comes to mind. Stryder50, what do you personally think of the work of Nikola Tesla?


It is awesome that we are here on the Humour forum. This is the perfect place to get into this topic.

Here is a video that I believe has something of an approved "information dump?"



New Revelation on the Coming Alien Disclosure—Don’t Fall for It!​



232,789 views May 21, 2025 2025 Spirit School & One Night Meetings

The skies may soon be filled with signs, but don’t be fooled—what’s coming isn’t what it seems. In this urgent message, Dr. Kevin Zadai shares never-before-revealed insight on the approaching wave of alien disclosure—and the spiritual deception behind it. Joined by Gabe Poirot—a young voice reaching his generation with truth—they discuss why this message is especially vital for the next generation to discern what’s coming.🛸 In this exclusive message, you’ll learn:– What 28 government witnesses revealed about alien encounters– What alien disclosure is really preparing the world to accept– Why spiritual discernment is more critical now than everThis isn’t entertainment—it’s prophetic intelligence for those who want to see clearly.
 
If you were to do a search for the research of Helen Wambach Ph. D. that she was aided in doing by Dr. Chet Snow I believe that you would find anecdotal evidence that humanity, even perhaps in a previous time line, already made it out to other planets?


If we did this in the past then obviously it is theoretically possible for us to do this again in the not too distant future.

The name Nikola Tesla comes to mind. Stryder50, what do you personally think of the work of Nikola Tesla?


It is awesome that we are here on the Humour forum. This is the perfect place to get into this topic.

Here is a video that I believe has something of an approved "information dump?"



New Revelation on the Coming Alien Disclosure—Don’t Fall for It!​


"Stumbled" upon Tesla decades ago, he was definitely "inspired" with knowledge well ahead of the times in which he lived.

Another noteworthy of that era would be the late Charles Fort*, and I concur with his observation that Earth and we humans may be property of "Others" not native to this planet.
* Charles Fort - Wikipedia

This has been echoed by the late Zecharia Sitchin, and extrapolations of his investigations and works are part of the foundations of what I've presented in this thread here on USMB:
The Geminga Scenario
 
Amusing, however ....
1) There has been far greater climate change and also higher average temperatures and higher percentages of CO2 in Earth's past and Life still flourished and expanded over those billions of years.

2) Current CO2 volumn in the atmosphere is at one of the lowest levels in this planet's history.

3) Current CO2 levels are barely enough to sustain current flora. 99% of life (Flora) on this planet would appreciate more, not less CO2.
Shalom Stryder50!

I believe that this discussion can set in motion a plan to at least try to pay off the national debt of the USA within fifty years, [the number of years in a Jubilee Cycle as set in motion through Moses].

I would like to submit this general idea to a number of people who could debate me on this idea and set in motion a plan that could well be coopted by President Trump and his administration as a possible : "Phase Two of The Abrahamic Accords?"

I would like to pass on this challenge to:

1. My Theology Professor and near death experiencer Kevin L. Zadai Th. D.

2. Rebel News journalist The David Menzies.


3. The Joe Rogan.

4. Author Robert O'Neil, [author of "The Operator."}

5. The new President of the sixteen million strong Latter day Saint Community. [This man can have enormous influence over Brigham Young University in Jerusalem].

"Money Answereth all things!" [Wise Ol' King Solomon].

The evil but brilliant Neo-Malthusians have been deliberately dampening the world economy and driving my people at NorthernPesos into relative poverty........

I am advocating that we initiate a response to the intellectually dishonest Carbon Tax Scheme... and instead.... we turn deserts green deliberately with mega-scale sea water desalination technology!

I am in awe at the sheer brilliance of a plan put forward by a biologist and bicycling coach!


... "The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joyand singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the
excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.

....
Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongueof the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out,
and streams in the desert.
And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons,where
each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes." (Isaiah 35 : 1, 2, 6, 7 ).

A biologist and coach wrote up an alternative theory on stabilization of the climate that fits well with these ancient Islamic and Jewish predictions for the last decades and centuries of human history before our Creator gives us a utopian world where the Holy Spirit is poured out on all flesh.


The term "Unified Field Theory of Modern World Problems" is not a standard scientific term, but can be interpreted in two ways: a scientific pursuit for a "Theory of Everything" to unify fundamental forces, or a metaphorical business strategy like Elon Musk's approach to linking his companies. In science, a Unified Field Theory aims to combine gravity with the other fundamental forces of nature, a quest that has been difficult due to the incompatibility of quantum mechanics and general relativity.
 
Near death experiencer Kevin L. Zadai Th. D. went from 1992 to 2015 or so to write his first book, but once he got started he is putting out a new book very quickly. He largely finances the Warrior Notes School of Ministry that he began through the sale of his books and courses. If I am not mistaken, he and his wife are the number one donors to the organizations that he has began, [through the way that he donates his time and books and effort as a jet pilot].
 
Amusing, however ....
1) There has been far greater climate change and also higher average temperatures and higher percentages of CO2 in Earth's past and Life still flourished and expanded over those billions of years.

2) Current CO2 volumn in the atmosphere is at one of the lowest levels in this planet's history.

3) Current CO2 levels are barely enough to sustain current flora. 99% of life (Flora) on this planet would appreciate more, not less CO2.


Good points, but I feel that there is something potentially huge and positive in all of this. I believe that if the full truth about this topic comes out President Trump may well be able to convince the Islamic nations to get into more and more desalination of sea water that I believe could be a win, win, win scenario for Israelis and all of the other eight billion of us as well?

Here is the general idea that I have in mind that could actually gain momentum here in Canada?

... "Will world peace begin with immigrants from many nations who go to Canada and find out ways to address the root causes of the conflicts that were going on in the nations that they left?

I am hopeful that this will be the case, for example, immigrants to Canada from the Middle East may be able to turn the world away from the Al Gore Carbon Tax Theory and the Bill Gates, "Innovation to zero" emissions theory, and instead adopt the more down to earth approach to Climate Change advocated in the Jewish, Islamic and Christian scriptures as well as by a New Mexico biologist and coach.

Here is an ancient Islamic prediction that sounds like a brilliant response to both the threat of rising ocean levels... as well as to the Economic Crisis that it appears some influential people seem to want to occur."

Book 005, Number 2208:
"Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon him) as saying: The Last Hour will not come before wealth becomes abundant and overflowing, so much so that a man takes Zakat out of his property and cannot find anyone to accept it from him and till the land of Arabia becomes meadows and rivers."
SAHIH MUSLIM, BOOK 25: The Book on General Behaviour (Kitab Al-Adab)
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"I don't think that you are fully understanding my point. The opening to the Bay of Fundy is very wide and it FUNNELS the tidal water as it comes in toward the Bay of Fundy as every high tide begins.

Something similar happens near Shanghai China, [if my memory does not fail me]. Just as the simple Geography of the Bay of Fundy funnels high tide waters into a more and more narrow area producing the world's number one most extreme tides in all the earth, a ten centimeter, [four inch], rise in average ocean levels worldwide should produce dramatically higher high tides along the Bay of Fundy, [especially from Truro, Nova Scotia to Moncton, New Brunswick where the most extreme tides are already being recorded.

One of the negatives of what I believe will happen is that the low lying top soil of the Isthmus of Chignecto will tend to liquify more and more as high tides rise even more and it will tend to wash that top soil into the Bay of Fundy. There is a plus side to all of this though because if rising ocean levels are NOT noticed along the Bay of Fundy then to my thinking it is because ocean levels have NOT significantly risen yet?

We could see a massive amount of cracking of ice bergs off the Land Based Greenland Ice Sheet and yet see little or no significant rise in ocean levels because for all that I know the massive amount of H2O being ADDED TO ANTARCTICA could simply negate what is happening to the ice on Greenland as more ice bergs flow into the North Atlantic?

All of us have a tendency to give ZERO credit to our debating opponent but I have to give Mr. Al Gore at least some credit for getting me interested in the general idea of rising ocean levels, once I saw his film "An Inconvenient Truth" several times."

"At a symposium of the Union of Geodesy and geophysics, Dr. Pyyotor Shoumsky reported that the south polar ice cap was growing at a minimum rate of 293 cubic miles of ice annually. To put that number in perspective, Lake Erie contains only 109 cubic miles of water. Thus, a volume of ice forms on top of the existing ice at Antarctica each year which is almost three times the volume of water in Lake Erie!" (Expanded Discussion of The HAB Theory, Gershom Gale, Expanded Discussion on the HAB Theory.)


"Let us consider Antarctica for a moment.
We have already seen that it is big. It has a land area of 5.5
million square miles, and is presently covered by something in excess
of seven million cubic miles of ice weighing an estimated 19
quadrillion tons (19 followed by 15 zeros). What worries the
theorists of earth-crust displacement is that this vast ice-cap is
remorselessly increasing in size and weight:'at the rate of 293 cubic
miles of ice each year--almost as much as if Lake Ontario were frozen
solidly annually and added
to it.(Graham Hancock, Fingerprints of
the Gods, page 480).
 
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