Found this but cant find out anything else !!
he rich, famous and influential prepare to hear the secret to climate-safe energy
By Andy McSmith
Published: 24 November 2007
A discovery that could give the world access to vast quantities of energy with minimal damage to the climate will be shown off for the first time at a glittering gathering of the famous, rich and influential next Friday night.
Al Gore is to be the star turn at a dinner where guests have paid at least ?1,000 a head, and some will have parted with ?50,000 for their share of the Aberdeen Angus steak and pink champagne, under the high ornate ceilings of London's Royal Courts of Justice. The combined wealth of the diners has been estimated at ?100bn. But the most unusual aspect of the evening is not the price of the tickets but the nature of the floor show. In place of professional performers, the guests will be regaled by people who are not always thought of as entertainers, though some think they are all mad. They are inventive British boffins who care about climate change.
They are hoping that the showcase dinner will knock years off the time it can take for industry to see the mass marketing potential of a new discovery. And the one that will be shown to Mr Gore and fellow guests is highly marketable and could revolutionise the market in clean technology, according to the founder of the British Inventors' Society, Kane Kramer.
Mr Kramer, who was 23 in 1979 when he conceptualised the technology that led to the creation of the first MP3 player, refused to give specific details of the new discovery, or to name the inventor, so as to maintain the element of surprise for Friday. But he indicated that it is a breakthrough in micro-technology, and that British scientists who have tested it are convinced that it will work.
"This is something ... that's the accumulation of almost a decade of work," he said. "It's a new science, a Super Material. It would be 80 per cent cheaper than any alternative means of production, and it will contribute in a major way to reducing climate change.
"I like it because it's kind of lateral. It will make possible things that weren't possible before. We have put it through severe 'due diligence', with quite a team of people, not just in the UK, and we're completely 100 per cent sure that this is the way forward."
There is an old saying that if you invent a better mousetrap the world will beat a path to your door, but he says the adage is true only for inventions that improve gadgets that are already known to work. Big corporations can be very coy about putting money into something genuinely new. "Business wants to jump on a bandwagon, not build the bandwagon," he said. It is also widely suspected that a lot of energy saving ideas have been bought out by the energy companies precisely to keep them off the market.
But the dinner, organised by a foundation called Fortune Forum, will also be used to launch a new campaigning group called the ICE Circle, whose mission is to put inventors of clean energy technologies in touch with investors to market them. The combination of British inventors and mega-rich philanthropists will be a "marriage made in heaven", Mr Kramer reckons
The driving force behind it is Renu Mehta, theEssex-born daughter of a wealthy textiles importer turned peace campaigner, Vijay Mehda. A year ago, she organised the first Fortune Forum dinner, where Bill Clinton spoke, Yusuf Islam, the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens, gave his first public performance for more than 20 years, and Michael Douglas and the steel magnate Lashmi Mittal mingled with other guests. The evening raised ?1.1m gross, and the net proceeds were distributed to charity.
Last week, she was in Downing Street for talks with Gordon Brown. The dinner should be seen as a campaigning event first, and only second as a fundraiser, Ms Mehda said.
And of course, it offers the rich and the beautiful a great night out where a ?25,000 ticket gets you a mention in the brochure and "website recognition", and for ?50,000 you can join Al Gore's VIP party.
http://environment.independent.co.uk/climate_change/article3191512.ece
Haven't heard anything about that, at all.
If it is really such a big thing, we should know tomorrow or at least by next week what exactly is so huge about it.
After all, if Al Gore and members of the British government are there, and there really is a breakthrough new energy device, then I can't imagine Al gore keeping it under wraps for long :)
ah, victory for the closed source developers.
Finally we can all be enslaved by the NWO.
Hurray!
Its on the BBC website, looks like its the real deal, have to wait now to see what the new technology is all about.
Here is a list of what I think it could be:
1. room temp. super conductor.
2. high efficiency multi spectrum/multi layer solar cells exceeding 40% efficiency perhaps.
3. a TPU - now this would be good!
4. portable fusion reactor (tokomak) - Mr Fusion ;)
5. cold fusion water heater
Regards
Rob
if it isn't a wheel searching for balance at perpetual motion , i well be a very lucky and happy one
???
If Al Gore has something to do with it it's bound to be a scam.
Hans von Lieven
Sounds exciting.
Since they call the invention a "material", I'd bet that it's an advance in solar cells.
In any case, the 24th's "next friday night" has just ended in the UK, so I guess we should expect some news shortly.
Where is the article on the BBC site?
Cheers,
Mr. Entropy
My take...you don't get to be 'a gun shot away' from the Presidentsy unless you've been 'tapped' by the global bankers who pull all the strings and make all the tools of war.
So unless good ol' Al has had a mini stroke and forgotten his training...I'm a little skeptical.
Regards all...
What ever it is, I'll take two to go. lol
Has anyone heard what happened?? What was the big disclosure??
Hans von Lieven
This is all I could find:
LONDON (AP) ? Al Gore on Friday night praised Prime Minister Gordon Brown for his role in the battle against global warming.
"I'm grateful for his leadership on the issues," the former vice president said during the keynote speech at the Fortune Forum Summit, an annual event that gathers politicians, entrepreneurs, philanthropists and celebrity activists to support the work of major charities.
"I wish that was the case in my own country," the Nobel Peace Prize winner told the audience at London's Royal Court of Justice.
It included public figures such as musicians Bob Geldof and Damien Rice, actresses Daryl Hannah and Jerry Hall, and English TV presenter David Frost.
The event opened with a video message from Brown, which called Gore an "inspiration" regarding the debate over climate change.
Brown said, "All of us must accept our share of responsibilities and work together to change. ... We must act now."
The prime minister recently said he is considering whether Britain can meet an 80% cut in carbon emissions by 2050. The prime minister already has pledged a 60% reduction.
Last month, California's Republican governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, praised Conservative Party leader David Cameron for winning a global reputation by promoting climate change issues.
Philanthropist Renu Mehta, the founder of the Fortune Forum Summit, said of global warming on Friday night: "We simply cannot continue to ignore our responsibility... and expect nature's bounty to continue to bless us."
She also said in her speech: "It is indeed a pleasure to be with so many powerful people who do not need to be convinced to care."
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton spoke at the inaugural $2,055 a seat Fortune Forum Summit last year.
So, was it just another political B.S. exercise after all?
Quote from: hansvonlieven on November 30, 2007, 03:55:03 PM
If Al Gore has something to do with it it's bound to be a scam.
Hans von Lieven
Looks as though my first gut reaction was right
Hans
It seems that it was too good to share with the useless eaters.
I am still intrigued by some of the words in the original article. When it said that it was "lateral" It makes me think that is a new way of doing something we already do but much cheaper. My best guess is solar or new way of making fuel.
But I guess we won't know now either way.
i agree! solar or fuel would be a good possibility. when they say: "It would be 80 per cent cheaper than any alternative means of production" it could be a known technology, but cheaper, therefore much more efficient or so. we will see. when anybody hears more, please post it here.
pardon me, but nobody said "It would be 80 per cent cheaper than any alternative means of production"...
At least, in the cited news article they only say they're "considering whether Britain can meet an 80% cut in carbon emissions by 2050".