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Al Gore says "the debate is over", does anyone have a video link to when "the debate" took place?

Carbonscape in run for prize | Stuff.co.nz

Marlborough charcoal technology company Carbonscape is one of five semifinalists out of 300 international entrants in a competition to find the most innovative way to fight climate change.

The winner of the Climate Change Challenge, run by the Financial Times, will receive a US$75,000 (NZ$135,000) prize.

Marlborough firm Carbonscape has developed a supersonic microwave that converts waste material into charcoal, locking in the carbon dioxide for thousands of years.

Its industrial-scale machine in Blenheim is capable of turning 10 kilograms of woodchip into charcoal in 10 minutes.

Business Spectator - Accentuate the positive - Blog - Keith Orchison

But – I – must – be – positive, mustn’t I? So I rang up a colleague who is a senior manager in electricity supply and explained my need. “Think wind,” he said. “What?” I replied, “ Think about the $12 billion in aggregate extra costs for consumers from the Rudd RET subsidy in the next 10 years?”

“No, no,” he said...