Billions in Change
Entrepreneur Manoj Bhargava unexpectedly found himself a billionaire with the worldwide success of his own concoction - the popular 5-hour Energy drink. Possessing more money than he could ever hope to spend on himself, he set out to discover ways in which his wealth could assist him in making a meaningful and lasting difference in the world. The inspiring new documentary titled Billions in Change shows the fruits of these efforts.
The film chronicles the journey to achieving his lofty goals starting with the recruitment of an eclectic team of designers, inventors and innovative thinkers. Their collective mission is to create simple solutions to the world’s most pressing problems.
Take, for instance, the scarcity of one of our planet’s most precious resources in the poorest segments of the globe: electricity. Half the world exists with little to no electricity, and this presents severe limitations to the quality and longevity of life in those regions.
In response to this profound challenge, his team has constructed a stationary hybrid bicycle which produces energy just through the act of pedaling. Simple in design and function, this extraordinary invention can provide badly needed electricity even under the most extreme of conditions. Best of all, the rudimentary and easy-to-use technology can be integrated into the poorest areas and produces absolutely no pollution or other ill effects to the environment.
Billions in Change also portrays his company's quest to produce clean water, an effort that could transform the plague of drought, illness and food shortages across the globe.
During the film's exploration of these mammoth efforts, Bhargava's unique philanthropic philosophy comes into focus. It all begins with the talented people with which he surrounds himself. His team is not comprised of corporatized types. Instead, these are innovative minds who refuse to recognize and be ruled by the limitations of common thinking. Empowered by the freedom to create the simplest and most practical solutions to complex dilemmas, they might just have the power to improve living conditions throughout the world. The underlying theme of the film lies not only in its call to other members of the elite class to follow Bhargava's example, but also in its belief that we all have the power to affect positive change in our own modest ways.
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how much profit is being made by manufactuers,no wonder we have a cost of living crisis.
This video is private! What? I cannot watch it.
Manoj, please look into soil (= life) regeneration!
Very helpful
Manoj, your intent is admirable but, please focus on THE fundamental problem of OVERPOPULATION. Making life easier for Third World people only allows them to continue mindless and rampant breeding.
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It would be great to meet Entrepreneur Manoj Bhargava once or many times in my life journey. About a loving world project. Maybe, who knows. But at least he is beautiful, fantastic.
Big thanks from here Manoj Bhargava that you are here in the world.
Take Care
Raymond Cassius Sananda
Denmark
It absolutely is overpopulated. Cutting human population in half will decrease output of CO2 and other harmful chemicals by more than 70%.
The world is not overpopulated people!! They're once again feeding you porkies.
Do the math and you'll see for yourselves
I am tired of reading these stupid comments.
1. The man already stated numerous times that he was doing things the simple way.
2. Chuck off in you mama because he is doing and all you guys doing is chatting.
3. The bicycle pedal electricity seems like a excellent idea. Why haven't scientist taken up the idea more seriously? Oh! Maybe they can't profit from something you won't pay for again for the rest of your life.
In reply to Johns comments regarding decreasing the world population as one of his solutions to the worlds problems, I think he should consider not just knocking one person/people who are trying to help with their own money, I think that if his negative view if over population is one of his concerns to sort out world problems he has it in his power to end his miserable existence (step out in front of passing train or whatever) and he will solve a little part of his misunderstanding of the real problems in our worln
By the way the increased blood flow can be got from exercise
Thanks. It is true that water and energy are needed in Iraq now. You people say bad things about this hero. When do we get the machines?
Just another big lie of capitalism... The GOOD rich people will help the humanity! We are not slaves and we are not idiots.... at least not all of us
okey.... This may sound harsh but c'mon? Who the **** actually belives a word this scammers says? He talks all about innovations but nothing presented in the video are? except maybe the last one wich i don't know anything about...
A human powered generator? It's been done and no one cares unless you're a some kind of new age hipster and think the world is made out of flowers.
They talk like they are the one who discovered graphene but it's was discover back in 2004, it holds some interesting propertis but it's nothing new.
Taking energy from the earth? Aldready in use all over the earth to heat houses etc, but not in the scale thay're talking about but still no new thinking there as they want you to belive.
Last but not least, distilled water??!??!?!? WHAT??? humans have known to distill water for THOUSAND of years, and they make it sound like a revolutionising idea just becuse they run the vapor tubes through the heating chamber...
Okey i'm drunk and tired but this video made me madbecuse it takes away the foundings from REAL scientist who actually can make a differnce.
Yes, Manoj really understands simple physics. Once these "poor" people will be willing to power a light in their house by biking some first world bike that doesn't go anywhere, it's clear that the worlds problems will be solved. "The poor wouldn't be poor"
Entropy is our limit, the Sun is your God.
the world is a better place for what manoj does.
hats off to a true human hero.
this man is what God had in mind when God planed out evolution
Concerned with raising energy from the earths core. I don't doubt that there is lots of heat there. There was lots of oil at one point, now there's not. My concern is from this transference of heat and the cooling of the core. What will this do to the earth in the long term. They say that ice caps are melting. Will this cause them to melt faster. Will there be more environmental effects. What effects are our desire for more energy going to lead to.....
Suspiciously good intentions. The whole 5-hour energy thing was a blatant ripoff to consumers fueled by heavy marketing/manipulation, one has to wonder if Manoj has a guilty conscience from it's success and is trying to atone for deceiving the public. Much like Bill Gates recent philantrophy knowing he stole programs from his peers and copyrighted them into Windows. Either way, it is good for Manoj to at least attempt to give back to humanity regardless if his ideas are somewhat rudimentary.
A man is watching. A blind man falls of a cliff. Who is to blame ? The blind man ? Or the man watching ? Simply brilliant.
This is such a good documentary which informs you on how business can benefit humanity in so many different ways. Inspirational.
love your approach to some of these problems. willbe on my way farmington in acouple of weeks to share my research to make the deserts of the world feed the coming world.
But yeah it's not like it hasn't been invented before and it doesn't help to put money into inventions, but to get them to these people. Also maybe a more practical, realistic way to get energy to poor spots in Africa in present day, is f.ex a urine fueled generator invented by the 4 teenage girls in Nigeria, than your bike. But i could have one.
Cool dude, loved the bike!
Gotta be careful with our ocean life though, it is in trouble as it is. The agriculture needs huge quantities of water. If the industry keeps growing, added with direct human consumption and excessive pumping of water from the oceans, the oceans will not be able to keep up and absorb the amounts of co2 produced by the industry, which it's struggling with already. Am all for your ideas, but questions of sustainability have to be answered beneath the sea also, not solely on land. We can't afford to puncture the lungs of this planet.
But hey, once you get that into consideration, you'll be flying!