neo1980 Posted March 13, 2002 Share Posted March 13, 2002 To: Bill Gates, Microsoft Mr. Gates, We admire your philanthropy and all that you have done for the world so far. We would like to invite you to make the ultimate move to save the world: buy all of the rainforests to preserve them for our descendants, and so that we may continue to breathe for years to come. The rainforests of the world are disappearing at an alarming rate. If deforestation continues at its present rate, South America will be a desert by the 2040's. However, you can save us. You can buy the rainforests and turn them into protected land, full of happy monkeys, rainbow-colored parrots, and majestic trees filling our air with clean, pure oxygen. We estimate that, according to the figures on the Rainforest Action Network's website (http://www.ran.org) that you could buy all of the rainforests in Bolivia, Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Congo, Ecuador, Indonesia, Cote D'Ivoire, Laos, Madagascar, Mexico, Nigeria, the Philippines, and Thailand for $28,891,561,120, assuming an average price of $40 per acre. If that is too much money, you could opt to save the rainforests in South America only, or you could ask your friends to help out. Thank you for taking the time to consider our plea. Sincerely, This is at Petition Online , if you want to sign it click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quboid Posted March 13, 2002 Share Posted March 13, 2002 Does he actually have $30b? Sure, he's worth about $55b, but most of that is in Microsoft shares. Does he have that much cash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconman Posted March 13, 2002 Share Posted March 13, 2002 that's alot of $$$$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewster2100 Posted March 13, 2002 Share Posted March 13, 2002 he wont do it, i wouldnt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted March 13, 2002 Share Posted March 13, 2002 I hope he doesnt do it, this petition is just pathetic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo1980 Posted March 13, 2002 Author Share Posted March 13, 2002 40$ per acre is pretty cheap. i would do something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike11212 Posted March 13, 2002 Share Posted March 13, 2002 That figure is wrong 40 dollars an acre do you know how big an acre is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo1980 Posted March 13, 2002 Author Share Posted March 13, 2002 maybe its cheap in those 3rd world countries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devin2002 Posted March 14, 2002 Share Posted March 14, 2002 He could leave it in his will. That would be a great way to be remembered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinrich-X Posted March 14, 2002 Share Posted March 14, 2002 if he was pressured enough 'ol billy G would prolly drop $10 or $20 bil on rainforest land, but he would die the forest colors and trim it so it looks like a windows logo from space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neowin_hipster Posted March 14, 2002 Share Posted March 14, 2002 Bill Gates is already giving all of his money to vacines, libraries, education, and other charities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-fibRe Posted March 14, 2002 Share Posted March 14, 2002 I don't know if you have heard that, but it was on the Newsweek: Gates gave about $24 billion 2 months ago to the 3d world for medicine and food. What about that? Read it for yourselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo1980 Posted March 14, 2002 Author Share Posted March 14, 2002 Originally posted by devin2002 He could leave it in his will. That would be a great way to be remembered in his will he will put in all his money to use to Sue all the companies which sued microsoft for wrongfull old age death Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glowstick Posted March 14, 2002 Share Posted March 14, 2002 Well, I don't think he'll buy the whole rainforest, but a part of it, for like 10b$ would be easily affordable for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john smith 1924 Veteran Posted March 14, 2002 Veteran Share Posted March 14, 2002 the vast majority of his wealth is invested in microsoft... s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookram Posted March 14, 2002 Share Posted March 14, 2002 so just because the man has a lot of cash he's supposed to buy the rainforests? you make it sound as if it's his moral obligation to do this. but did you know that you can make a difference too? yes, you can also buy a piece of rainforest, and if we'd all do this we could save the rainforest as well. but tell me, how many of you have actually done this? not many, if any at all i'll wager. so how can you demand of someone else to do it? sounds hypocritic to me. :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted March 14, 2002 Administrators Share Posted March 14, 2002 Yea Billy already does alot for charity. Leave him be and ask that Linux guy.. he's also a multi millonaire yet I havent heard of him doing any good except create a Operating system 70% of PC users cant understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glowstick Posted March 14, 2002 Share Posted March 14, 2002 Not only they don't understand it nor it's good coz Linux is the typical VHS vs. Betamax case. I consider Linux as VHS... --edit-- No, I'm not talking about Windows being better. I was talking about the other free *NIX' available. --edit2-- typos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted March 14, 2002 Administrators Share Posted March 14, 2002 Tom, you wanna run that by us again in English? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyA316 Posted March 14, 2002 Share Posted March 14, 2002 bill gates has goven away more than $250 billion dollars in the last twenty years. Last year he gave in one hit $700 million, so shut the **** up about gates not helping out. Also he earned his money, he is a godd business man, he leveraged his business and it paid off bigtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamblerFEXonlin Posted March 14, 2002 Share Posted March 14, 2002 He could both bye it AND protect it, great idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quboid Posted March 14, 2002 Share Posted March 14, 2002 $40 an acre doesn't seem too far out. Remember this is serious bulk he's buying and it's land in the middle of a jungle, not central Tokyo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PM5K Posted March 14, 2002 Share Posted March 14, 2002 Originally posted by AyA316 bill gates has goven away more than $250 billion dollars in the last twenty years. Last year he gave in one hit $700 million, so shut the **** up about gates not helping out. Also he earned his money, he is a godd business man, he leveraged his business and it paid off bigtime. Damn bro, chill out, you are acting like he is your son and you took it as a personal insult, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postertoad Posted March 14, 2002 Share Posted March 14, 2002 Originally posted by ventsi83 I don't know if you have heard that, but it was on the Newsweek: Gates gave about $24 billion 2 months ago to the 3d world for medicine and food. What about that? Read it for yourselves No ****? Go Billy go !! Hey wait a minute, not to sound inhumane or anything, but what's gonna happen to this planet if these kids start living? Me hopes birthcontol was included somewhere in that 24 billion or we're in deep caca. :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glowstick Posted March 14, 2002 Share Posted March 14, 2002 Neobond: Don't try to tell me you don't know thw VHS vs Betamax thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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