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- arielh85, on 12/03/2008, -0/+10if i had the slightest clue as to how to make a wave power device, i'd be all over this.
- tbhurst, on 12/03/2008, -0/+9The good spots for tidal and wave power in the British Isles are being seriously fought for. This will certainly add to that.
- naturalpapa, on 12/03/2008, -1/+8I thought it said a $15 million Satire Prize. Now I wonder how they measure wave power potential...
- niccha, on 12/03/2008, -0/+6How are the commercial fishermen in Scotland responding to this? Here in Oregon they're very apprehensive to wave power because they feel it would hurt their ability to find the best catches when large portions of the fisheries are closed off.
- jerryjamesstone, on 12/03/2008, -0/+6if you figure it out, can i work with you?
- 3rdDay, on 12/03/2008, -0/+4Hurray for Scotland doing something worthwhile. This is better than the X Prize.
- Barackalypse, on 12/03/2008, -0/+2If you truly invented commercially viable wave or tidal power the $15 million prize is completely trivial. They should offer knighthood or some other form of prestige to get people interested in the competition and save the $15 million.
- swab, on 12/03/2008, -0/+1I think you are right however Scotland is a small country, $1 billion would be about $200 for every citizen of the country.
- ZeusIncarnate, on 12/03/2008, -0/+1Technically they can't. The Scottish Parliament is offering the prize, specifically First Minister Alex Salmond, and Scotland does not have the authority to offer honours. Besides, the prize is really just to raise awareness and interest in alternative energy, and to allow the winner to develop the idea and build the first few models. Like you said, viable wave power would be far more profitable than the prize money.
- omgwtflawl, on 12/03/2008, -0/+1WOW, a whole 15 MILLION! What a total joke.
I'm not really against the government holding contests like this, as I think it is a far better expense of money then the usual mindless doling out of research money to people who might or might not have any chance of succeeding (not to mention the problem of cronyism). But 15 million? If someone invented a very viable wave-based power system that would be chump change to what they would actually make by selling it to energy companies.
If they were really serious, they would throw down at least a cool billion. - graeh, on 12/03/2008, -0/+1I agree that it is awesome both in innovation and in ethical terms...
But space is like - totally awesome all on its own without us even needing to unecessarilu reassure it of said awesomeness. Although I suppose the case could be made that the awesomness of the scottish energy competition could result in energy production methods which increased the amount of power available while dropping it's cost so significantly that the awesomeness of space would be even easier to witness first hand.
I mean - space really is awesome. I wanna be the first person to graffiti the moon, possibly with some sort of acne related slur. And I could - it's not like it's the only moon this solar system's got. - Sparuuto, on 12/03/2008, -0/+1I wonder why they mention the prize in dollars and euros. We use pounds, damnit!
There is a lot of energy potential here, and I feel it may well be going to waste. Good to see they're trying, eh? - paowiee, on 12/03/2008, -0/+0good job! :)
- Swivelstick, on 12/03/2008, -2/+2Who cares, how about we start looking at things from a national - global perspective instead of all these small vested interests always coming out on top. And I doubt the best catches or large portions of fisheries would be closed off but since we are fishing the oceans to extinction it wouldn't be a bad thing anyway.
- cmdweb, on 12/09/2008, -0/+0Agreed, but the opportunity to recoup some of your development costs by choosing to locate the system in Scotland is a powerful incentive, especially when no other nation is offering to contribute.
Incidentally, the Scottish Government can make recommendations to the UK government for individuals to receive honours. Trouble is, it takes months and years to agree and frankly just isn't an incentive at all. - cmdweb, on 12/09/2008, -0/+0I think you're missing the point. The £10M (not $15M), is a means of attracting the technology to Scotland. It may well be a significant deciding factor for any company looking for somewhere to develop and test such equipment and systems. If you had the chance of setting up your system and then recouping £10M of your non-recurring design and development costs that would otherwise be borne by shareholders or investors, wouldn't you choose to go to Scotland over a location that offered nothing?
It's actually a very shrewd move by a very forward-thinking Scottish Government. - erichh, on 12/03/2008, -3/+1About time - except why does it always have to be a prize? What’s wrong with the Scottish Parliament pointing out to their planet-trashing-people how they are surrounded by sea, all of it extremely active with big waves and big tides? Being unable to harness that energy is just pathetic.
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