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JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION

Richard Branson plans world's most eco-friendly resort in British Virgin Islands

Travel Jul. 03, 2008 - 10:31AM JST ( 5 )

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BovinusJul. 03, 2008 - 03:25PM JST

You go by boats pulled by dolphins. Didn't you read the article?
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Zen_BuilderJul. 03, 2008 - 03:30PM JST

Biofuels, etc all nice. But how about the lubricants, plastics, etc that also come from oil. Gas/fuel is a small percentage of what the oil is actually used for.

His project sounds nice but is it scale-able to work in a real(not resort) environment.
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weedkilaJul. 04, 2008 - 12:46PM JST

Mosquito, an uninhabited speck of land located off the island of Virgin Gorda and within sight of Necker, currently features wind-swept scrub and a few dilapidated buildings. But Branson envisions 20 villas and a beachfront restaurant powered entirely by wind turbines and solar panels.

but according to Al Gore's predictions of melting glaciers and polar caps won't that put Branson's island beneath the waves soon? Or maybe they know something we don't.

Biofuels, etc all nice.

Zen_Builder: you'd better not tell that to people in developing countries who struggling to survive because crops like corn are being diverted into biofuels. I think the same amount of corn converted to biofuel and used to fill the tank of an SUV would be enough to feed a child for a year.
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realistJul. 05, 2008 - 10:56PM JST

Pity that very few will be able to fly there because of the extortionatly high air fares.....