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John and I are at the WFES summit this week (he got us both  
Endurance.Net press passes :) Lots of world leaders, and industry  
giants are here.

The summit is being promoted/sponsored by Masdar Development - an Abu  
Dhabi project to build the world's first 'green' city:
"Masdar's mission is to create a prototypical and sustainable city  
where residents and commuters live the highest quality of life with  
the lowest environmental footprint. "  basically zero carbon, zero waste

Keynote speeches this morning by HH General Sh Mohammad bin Zayed Al  
Nahyan (crown prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the  
UAE Armed Forces). (they're really into titles here :)
Also HRH Prince Charles of Wales - although he was just a hologram -  
it was so realistic I didn't even notice until he did his vanishing  
act. although... I did seem to notice that his hand would disappear  
sometimes. HRH Duke of York, President of Iceland, President of  
Djibouti, Pres. of the Maldives... it was really a kick!

Three days of talks and trade shows - solar and wind power, bio  
fuels, water desalination. John is here because he's working with  
some folks from Portland, spin-offs from automotive industry -  
electric hybrid cars - and they are trying to develop/market an  
electric car. Pretty interesting stuff.

It's not exactly endurance - but we'll have some fun photos to post  
of important people in the act of embracing a very important time in  
our history (time to take care of our planet).

Steph


Steph

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