If global warming is a hoax why is Richard Branson willing to spend $25M of his money looking for an answer?

Question

http://www.sci-tech-today.com/news/Branson-Offers--25M-Climate-Prize/story.xhtml?story_id=022002ALYAY0

Answer 1

it is not a hoax ,the many relatives of the people who died due to Global warming will testify to that,

and if you bear with me
some details of my own and some solution for educational purposes and to spread the knowledge

in North Africa,India,Mexico ,millions of people are effected by land loss and desertification


in recent times thousands of people have died because of exessive heat,usually old people.in India ,Mexico and France,
deforestation causing desertification,the desert conditions causing very cold nights and scorching hot days

in china, thousands of what used to be farmers are running for their lives from the dust storms that have burried their towns and turned their lands into dessert,the globe where they were got to hot for them .
and instead of producing food they are now needing it from some where else,and they will drastically effect the world food prices when they start buying water in the form of grains ,at any cost destabalising governments, in some countries ,could be the result
(are you seeing more Chinese around interested in agricultural lands ,we do here in Mexico)

,the Sahara is growing by 7 kilometers a year
and all of the desserts we know are a results of mans actions ,and they are increasing ,not getting less ,in the dinosaurs days ,there were no desserts.

collectively this planet is drying up because of bad farming practices like,over grazing and fertilizers,

as far as the food production is concerned, Global warming or some of its effects are serious,rising seas result in landloss

each degree rise in temperature means 10%crop loss

more landloss because of desertification every year,we have less areble land to produce food ,for an extra 70 million people ,

and there is less and less water (because of deforestation),to irrigate this production ,
and there are less and less farmers to do it..
who are overpumping deep carbon aquifiers
who are plowing more and more unstable lands because they have lost so many million hectares to desertification ,
because of bad farming practises ,such as using fertilizers and heavy machinary or over grazing

RISING SEAS
The northpole is melting ,and we will know it without ice in our life times.
this does not affect the sea level because it is ice that is already in the water.but the melting ice from Green land and the south pole ,are another matter.

Global warming is in theory reversable,but it will mean global co operation between all countries ,and taking into account human nature and the world politics ,it is unlikely that this will happen,

At least not untill we are all in the middle of planetary disastres and it becomes a battle for the survival of humanity every where.

SOLUTIONS
if you want to help the planet ,plant a tree every week ,if everyone on the planet did we we would be able to reverse the destructive processes

reduce carbon emisions,and they are already working on that by alternative forms of energy and regulations on carbon producing materials,aerosol cans,burning rubbish,industrial chimneys,powerplants etc.

the capture of carbon and the production of water and assist the aquiferous manta.

the world bank pays large subsidies for reforrestation to capture carbon and the best tree for this is the Pawlonia

Waterharvesting projects ,such as millions of small dams.to redirect over ground waterflows from the rains into the ground to supply subteranian water supplies.

the protection of existing forrests.

stop building more highways,urban planning to include vegetation stop building cities encourage people to return to the land to conduct their business from there which now has become possible thanks to the internet.

education to motivate people to auto sufficiency by building more home food gardens.

education on environmental awareness
education on family planning to curb over´populaion

Agricultural education and improvements to follow the principals or sustainability and soil management.

more environmental or land ,design to prevent bush fires,such as--fire breaks

,more dams.regulations and control for public behaviour

alternative effeciant public transport to discourage the use of the internal conbustion engine

recicling wastes,limit water use

Source(s) Lester E Brown is the director and founder of the global institute of Environment in the United states .he has compiled a report based on all the satalite information available from NASA,and all the information that has
come from Universities and American embassies WORLD WIDE ,
his little book--a planet under stress , Plan B has been trans lated into 50 languages and won the best book award in 2003.

Answer 2

Not $25 M--Branson has committed $3 Billion over 10 years. This $25 M prize is just the first of an array of projects.

And he is willing to do so because, unlike the conspiracy theorists and junck science nuts, he actually understands science.

Answer 3

A rich man offering money is not proof of anything, except perhaps that he believes that global warming is happening. On the other hand, Mr Branson feels no pain in jumping on a private jet anytime he feels like it, thus putting more CO2 in the air each day than the rest of us put into the air in a year.
Can you say "Grandstanding"?

Answer 4

Global Warming is not a hoax, but a real danger we face and must deal with before it is to late. Let's leave our planet in better shape then we found it, for our children and grandchildren. I am glad Richard Branson got involved, he is one of the good guys without any ulterior motives.

Answer 5

A- It's a great advertising ploy. Think of how many "greens" will fawn over him and patronize his businesses.
B- He wants to capture and remove CO2 from the air? That's what plants do. It's an impossible feat, however, to capture and remove CO2 from the air surrounding our PLANET in quantities large enough to accurately measure. Which leads to...
C- Since no one will be able to come up with this "invention", he likely will never pay out a dime. Brilliant!

Answer 6

Who would think Global Warming is a hoax? Its not a hoax if you can't stop it....

Answer 7

It's clearly not a hoax.

Answer 8

This is not proof. Stop asking stupid questions...you are not helping the cause.