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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Dick Smith offers $1m to population problem solver


From the ABC News:

Businessman Dick Smith is offering $1 million to the young Australian who can come up with a solution to bring the country's population under control.

He has launched the Wilberforce award in Sydney, arguing that Australia's population doubles every 30 years and that the rate of growth is not sustainable.

Mr Smith says he is not confident the major political parties have the answers to population growth, but a young Australian might have the solution.

He says the world only has finite resources.

"I suppose I'm looking for something like a modern Bob Geldof or a Ghandi or a someone who's going to become famous around the world in communicating the basic fact that you can't always have exponential growth," he said.

Dear Dick (if you will pardon the pun), I am sending you two bricks and as long as you keep your thumbs out of the way it don't hurt.

Please deposit your $1million to my PayPal account. Thanks!