Bill McDonough attended Richard Bransons Carribean Necker Island getaway to brain storm about economic opportunities in climate change. Tony blair and others were there.
William McDonough, the designer, showed renderings of recent planned projects: a building in Abu Dhabi with solar panels built into the windows and a distribution center with a grass roof. And Mr. Page, who was married on Necker Island a few months ago, talked about problems with permits that Google has faced in trying to use solar energy. NYtimes
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necker island necking, words and things got my extra attention;
"another glass of pinot grigio" | "thought global warming threatened the planet" | "his private hideaway" | "what to do about it and perhaps get richer in the process" | "jet-pooled in from Silicon Valley" | "the financiers who bankrolled the Web boom of the 1990s are chasing the new New Thing: green power | "The Medusa, the 198-foot yacht" | "he bought for £180,000, rents for as much as $250,000 a week" | "They know how to put a price on it better than the bookies" | " sexy electric sports cars retailing for $100,000. Mr. Page has ordered one." | "a building in Abu Dhabi, " | "married on Necker Island a few months ago" | " a breakfast of scrambled eggs with salmon on the deck outside the main house" | "there was plenty of time for fun and games" | "there was a party over there" | "security personnel trailed behind in a motorboat" | "women in bikinis"| "Normally the girls would be naked"
exactly. if branson is sooooo worried about climate change, stop living like a playboy billionare flying around the world and tooling around on a 198' yatch - he should try downsizing and living like a millionaire and invest the rest of his money in greentech so the rest of us can afford to cut our carbon footprints.
how often does billy mcdonough get to hang out with girls in bikini's?
that's an incentive leed will never provide.
Thanks for the wrap-up, Orhan - I think I'll skip the article.
ahhh Orhan playing big brother - thanks for filtering our news...its much better that way anyhow
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