THE IDEAS CAMPAIGN - Campaign to harness ideas for economic growth

[jmcc]

What ever happened to this?

Who knows? It looked like an FF astroturf operation.

Regards...jmcc

[cd27]

Properly thought out critique and policy solutions from economist Constantin Gurdgiev

True Economics: Economics 15/06/2009: policies for growth

[fiannafailure]

Lateral Thinking is King

Quote:
What I propose is a massive, national investment in a product which we have aplenty, and is increasing; is free in its raw state and is now worth more globally per litre than oil - FRESH WATER!

Barcelona last year leased ocean going tankers to supply fresh water to its people

Like Lemass did in the 50’s, we need to invest large sums into ‘damming’ some of our (otherwise non-productive) upland areas - hills with glaciated/v-shaped valleys, which are common in places like West Cork & Kerry. We then use Hydro-Electric power (existing technology) to make electricity which powers the pumps required to fill tanker ships and filter the water.

Stop stealing S of I ideas
But I do know of a private company in Co Meath studying de salination powered by wind turbines

That one is beyond parody.

Truth is stranger than fiction

[oceanclub]

I suppose it distracted the pathetic dead-tree media of this country for a while from actual journalism, thus serving its purpose. It's far easier to print a reworded press release than, god forbid, actually do any kind of investigation.

It took a blogger to highlight their concerns about this campaign in the MLM, and even then, the article was pulled:

Supposed “whinging” clarifies Ideas Campaign for those submitting ideas - ValueIreland.com : Ireland's Only Truly Independent Consumer Watchdog

There was nothing untrue or inaccurate in the article as published, nor in anything that I’ve published here on ValueIreland.com about the Ideas Campaign. This article was available on the Examiner.ie website until some time mid-morning when it was removed, and it is still unavailable. (A response from the Ideas Campaign is still available on the website, unsurprisingly!)

I am guessing that the article was removed from the Irish Examiner website at the request of the Ideas Campaign – presumably because in their mind it went against their “no whinging policy”.

P.