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Google.org Pledges Over $10 Million to Geothermal Energy

Google.org recently announced its investment of over $10 million in "breakthrough geothermal energy" to further its goal to develop clean energy alternatives to coal. Functioning as the philanthropic arm of Google (effectively the 1% co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin initially pledged toward global concerns), Google.org has already donated or invested over $85 million across five focus areas which include renewable energy and the improvement of public services.

If you're into videos about geothermal energy, check out this one. It's all about drilling for energy in the Australian outback. You'll learn words and phrases such as "exajoules" and "distributed indigenous nature" -- just in time for your Labor Day cocktail parties!

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Tags: australia, exajoules, geothermal, google, google.org, larry page, LarryPage, renewable energy, RenewableEnergy, sergey brin, SergeyBrin

Google Co-Founder To Tie the Knot on Branson's Island

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Celebrity Shopping

It's official, as of this weekend both of Google's billionaire co-founders will be off the market. Larry Page will marry his girlfriend, Lucy Southworth this weekend (his parter-in-search Sergey Brin married earlier this year). Page and Southworth are getting married on Richard Branson's private playground, Necker Island, in the Caribbean and Richard Branson will serve as Page's best man.

The NY Post's Page Six reports that the wedding is a "logistical nightmare" because planners have to coordinate lavish places to stay for all of Page and Southworth's 600 guests which are said to include the Clintons, Bono and a whole gaggle of billionaires. The wedding hasn't just taken over Branson's island, most guests will be staying at Little Dix Bay Resort on Virgin Gorda with boats and ferries being pressed into service to get the guests over to Necker Island. Page is also booking private jets to fly guests in from all around the world.

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Tags: expire-images:2008-12-6, google, larry page, LarryPage, lucy southworth, necker island, richard braonson

The Google Private Jet Gets to Park on NASA's Runway

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wings

Google is getting more and more famous for spoiling and splurging on its employees every day it seems. A couple of years ago the two founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, made headlines when they purchased a used Boeing 767 which they converted to a large customized private jet. Now they're making headlines again as they have negotiated a $1.3 million deal to with NASA to both use the Moffett Field runway and to have parking spaces for Google's over-sized private Boeing jet and 2 other smaller jets. The Google execs get an exclusive parking spot within mere minutes of headquarters, and NASA gets both the annual income and the chance to put scientists on board Google flights for research purposes.

All the other high rollers in the area are just drooling with envy.

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Tags: boeing, boeing 767, Boeing767, google, jet, larry page, LarryPage, NASA, plane, private jet, PrivateJet, runway, sergey brin, SergeyBrin

The Google Guys Throw A Spendy Party in Davos

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wine, Celebrity Shopping

The Google guys really seem to be enjoying their cash. They splurged on a plane and now Decanter reports that Larry Page and Sergey Brin threw a late night party for the participants of the World Economic Forum in Davos. The Google guys served their guests Château Margaux 1979, Château Gruaud Larose 1989 and magnums of 1990 Krug Champagne (regular size bottles sell for upwards of $200). The evening's menu included Belon oysters and Spanish Bellota ham. With Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and Bono in attendance this year, Davos was clearly the place to be last week.

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Tags: chateau margaux, davos, google, krug champagne, larry page, sergey brin, world economic forum

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