Amazing: 726 breathless words about a contest <i>without a single link to the website</i>; the URL appears only as plain paragraph text. I wonder how many clicks that cost them?<p>N.B. As far as I can tell, this is a <i>prize</i>, not an investment, so calling the winners 'entrepreneurs' is a stretch. They appear to be starting a charity, not a company. And charities, while often noble in their intent, are not particularly sustainable; for sustainability, it's hard to beat a profitable company.<p>To paraphrase H.L. Hunt: if this world is worth saving, it's worth saving at a profit.
Reminds me of the dialysis machine for babies that was up here a while back: <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=267510" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=267510</a>
If they are saving premature babies, then say that. Isn't that a good enough cause on its own?<p>I object to dressing it up as saving the world, though, because population growth and world saving ... well, they don't go together too well.<p>Nice wax warmer idea, though.