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Nov 18, 2005
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Google has seeded to the tune of 1 billion a philanthropic organization to combat world poverty, disease and global warming. It's a unique, for profit organization that has some lofty goals. One of the first projects is to develop an ultra-fuel-efficient plug-in hybrid car engine that runs on ethanol, electricity and gasoline....

The New York Times has an article on this non-traditional approach towards philanthropy:
http://tinyurl.com/e5nef
 
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