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by jamie 5820 days ago
I thought this was Saul Griffith's startup, but I see no mention of him on the about page. At his Long Now talk last year, I recall him talking about Makani as being his new effort.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Griffith

Saul seems totally awesome; his Long Now talk "Climate Change Revisited" was a fantastic survey of alternative energy solutions, and how no one was the answer, but that a cocktail of solutions is. His ability to put big numbers in context was stunning, especially his equating of industrial output in the US pre-WWII to the effort required to build wind turbines to cover half the usage of the current US electricity grid.

Here's the video of the talk: http://fora.tv/2009/01/16/Saul_Griffith_Climate_Change_Recal...