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  • Global Apollo program wants to make green energy cheaper than coal

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    Mariella Moon
    Mariella Moon
    06.02.2015

    A team of scientists wants to quickly drive down the cost of renewable energy to the point that it's cheaper than coal within ten years' time. In order to do that, though, they need money -- lots and lots of money to the tune of $150 billion. That's why they founded the Global Apollo Programme, named as such because (in the words of one of the founders, Richard Layard of the London School of Economics ) "The challenge is as big as putting a man on the moon." The researchers envision the program as a collaboration between several nations, funding research that will make renewable energy a much more feasible option.