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Soros to Invest $1B to Develop Clean Energy

He's also creating advisory group for policy-makers

By John Johnson| Posted Oct 10, 09 5:00 PM CDT|

(Newser) – George Soros is putting his vast resources—or at least $1 billion of them—behind his passion for the environment. Soros plans to invest that amount into developing technology to create clean energy. He's also starting an organization called the Climate Policy Initiative, which will be based in San Francisco, to help policy makers figure out programs to fight climate change. “We will be part advisory service, part policy developer, and part watchdog,” says a Stanford professor who will run it.

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The problem of global warming is primarily a political problem at this point. The science is beyond dispute, but how do we achieve the objectives we all know are necessary? That is a political problem. - George Soros

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Thinker
Oct 10, 09 5:55 PM CDT

Soros is a perfect example of how a liberal billionaire can use his wealth to help society. Michael Moore is another example. Of course, the non-rich conservative supporters will have something snide, unsmart and worthless to say about Soros, Moore and clean energy while praising war, religion and manly republicans. Reply

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divetrader
Oct 10, 09 6:01 PM CDT

Dead on Thinker. Plus, if the other billionaires were smart, they would jump on the Soros bandwagon. Obama has committed to building up America through green investments. Let's hope it isn't already to late for the planet.

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Robert_Dada
Oct 10, 09 8:30 PM CDT

Couldn't agree more Thinker. Imagine...rich capitalists using their wealth to benefit someone other than themselves. I can see many conservative heads popping off their vegetable stems trying to wrap their 'minds' around that one.

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Rocket448
Oct 10, 09 6:38 PM CDT

What are our "captains of industry" waiting for? Ask yourself why we take it for granted that corporations will be slow to adopt green methods or produce green energy products? Why is it that we expect them to oppose a change towards energy-efficiency? Are they that afraid of their stockholders? Reply

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Cat-Lover
Oct 10, 09 7:29 PM CDT

I'd like to jump on to any IPO Soros' group issues. Reply

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Timinator2K
Oct 10, 09 7:34 PM CDT

Soros is a perfect example of how a liberal billionaire can use his wealth to exploit society. Reply

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Doctor_Zaius
Oct 10, 09 8:28 PM CDT

You are a perfect example of how people with marginal intellect can be influenced against their own self-interest by propaganda.

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Robert_Dada
Oct 10, 09 8:28 PM CDT

You never disappoint with your predictable silliness Tim.

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Pragmaticrealism
Oct 10, 09 8:30 PM CDT

F'ing idiot, you are

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JoeQ
Oct 10, 09 8:29 PM CDT

Soros isn't just very rich, he is very bright. So is Jim Rogers. So is T Boone Pickens. They have all written good books explaining their points of view. We should listen to all three of these folk when they weigh in on energy policy (not to mention fiscal and monetary policy). Reply

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freethemall
Oct 10, 09 8:38 PM CDT

There's no stopping the third wave, though those stuck in second wave mentality will bitterly resist. Reply

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ClearSight
Oct 10, 09 10:22 PM CDT

So your advocating a returning fascism? That experiment has been tried and failed. I'll let you morons chew on that comment for one for awhile.....

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freethemall
Oct 10, 09 10:41 PM CDT

Fascism was a product of the second waved industrial civilization. Educate yourself about this before you comment.

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newsrmandan
Oct 11, 09 2:49 AM CDT

More Power to him. All puns intended!! My only slight problem with it outside of being based in San Fran is “We will be part advisory service, part policy developer, and part watchdog,” says a Stanford professor who will run it. I am sure that Soros is going to do great things with this billions but I have a sense that it will be more advise and watchdoging than developing. But like I said more power to him. When that development starts to create wattage piped to my home Ill start investing. Till then coal coal coal (as clean as possible of course) Reply

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SilenceDogood
Oct 11, 09 4:56 AM CDT

Do any of you liberal souls have any idea what you are talking about? The EIA states that 7% of our annual energy is “renewable” this is not “clean”. The total clean portion is Solar, Wind, Geothermal and Hydroelectric. Bio-fuel, Biomass, Waste and Wood fuels are all carbon footprint dirty. So the total Clean Energy is only 3.56% of our annual consumption. Obama said he would kill the coal industry, what the uninformed moron did not understand is that coal produces 23% of our total energy and 57% of our electricity. Can any of the liberal jackasses crying for clean energy understand the enormity of this issue? Cap and trade on the energy that produces 57% of our electricity will more than double electricity costs, it will cripple industry, it will more than double the cost of goods sold. It is a Pandora’s Box of economic horrors. If Soros is putting money into renewable energy it’s to make a profit. Reply

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 11, 09 6:06 AM CDT

It's fun to watch the people who normally hold highest the banner of capitalism spit and sputter as the condemn it when it's being used to actually, y'know, help people.

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Thinker
Oct 11, 09 8:30 AM CDT

Uhm, Silence, what are you blathering on about? You think coal is our savior, even though it's killing us with pollution, and we shouldn't even look for alternatives, even when it's a private citizen's money funding the search????

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Robert_Dada
Oct 11, 09 10:59 AM CDT

Costa Rica already gets 37% of its energy from hydroelectric, geothermal and wind and the trend is dramatically increasing. I wish we could harness your stupidity as a renewable energy source. That would solve all of our problems.

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 11, 09 12:46 PM CDT

I assume that SilenceDogood realizes that his screen name was an alias of Ben Franklin's (but I'll bet he didn't know it before "National Treasure" was released; he doesn't seem to have read much American history), but do you think he's thought about the fact that Franklin was a notorious liberal?

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