Calling All Eco-Brainiacs -- Multiple Contests Dangling Serious Cash Prizes For Your Winning Ideas!

Ohhhh, so you're curious...that's good...please read on!

As they say of the lottery, you've got to be in it to win it...who knows, you could be sitting on a multi-million dollar idea!

Everyone seems to be appealing to the public for brilliant eco-brainstorming, and they're coughing up some serious cash for ideas that could genuinely move us forward into a sound energy efficient future.

Consider the following legitimate contests that were previously covered on Greenwala:

Think Of An Innovative Way To Store Hydrogen & Score A Million Dollar Prize

Win A Cool $1.5 Million In NASA's Green Flight Challenge

Just in case the above two options don't exactly float your boat, there are (amazingly) several additional contests that raise the ka-ching bar.

Virgin Group's outspoken chairman, Richard Branston, is putting his money where his mouth is by offering an astounding $25 million dollar top prize to the person who devises a way to stabilize the climate by sequestering the necessary amount of CO2.

His Earth Challenge is certainly not an easy feat, but well worth the paycheck to anyone who figures out the magical formula.

If lightbulbs are more up your alley, figure out how to creat a substitute for a 60 watt that is long lasting and the Department of Energy will hand over an L Prize in the form of $10 million.

Has anyone out there who is reading this post seriously considered entering eco-themed contests like these?  What, if anything, is holding you back?