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is what we are setting up with Prince Albert II. the energy transition is illusory as long as growth is possible, so we must replace what
Monaco is a coastal city. Its offshore extension batteries are not properly recycled? pollutes with what protects the environment.
uses one of our solutions, eConcrete, which is It’s a business. Some companies like Unicor in
concrete that allows marine life to reconstitute Belgium, a former mining plant, have understood Is your next target is the COP26 in Glasgow?
itself. In Monaco, we have to make the most of that recycling batteries represents an economic The aim is for countries to make more ambitious
heating and cooling by heat pumps, housing, opportunity; and it should also be noted that commitments. We are preparing the cleanprint
insulation and efficient energy. batteries allow you to drive for longer and longer for Scotland so we will bring it symbolically to
periods of time. I was chatting with the owner the COP26. With Emmanuel Macron, we are also
Money is the sinews of war. You have opened of one of the early Teslas – he’s done 800,000 planning an event this summer to announce the
two investment funds intended exclusively for kilometres and does not need to change his 1,000 solutions in France.
labeled innovators. These funds plan to invest battery!
up to €350 million in solutions labeled by the Do you think geoengineering represents a plan
foundation. Is this not enough? For some believers in collapse theories B for the planet?
The investment required is approximately €1 and collapsology, this is the end of the Geoengineering is a disaster for the planet, not
million to €5 million per solution - €10 million to Anthropocene era and only decline can be a plan B. Can you imagine injecting powder into
€20 million for larger companies. These funds do effective. What is your view on this? the atmosphere to limit global warming? This is
not cover the 1,000 solutions but it is a first step. Economic decline leads to social chaos. an aberration. Playing the Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Unlimited growth leads to ecological collapse. is criminal. It is we who pollute and we who
What do you say to those who believe that No solution is acceptable. Only qualitative must change, not nature.

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