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February 17th, 2009

Will cheap oil affect green innovation? [video]

Posted by Larry Dignan @ 1:05 pm

Categories: General, Green Tech, Innovation

Tags: Innovation, Biofuel, Oil, Video, Government, Larry Dignan

At a Churchill Club event in Santa Clara, Calif., Bill Joy, co-founder of Sun Microsystems and partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, calls on the government to require using alternative fuels to protect biofuel innovators from the cyclical nature of the oil market and to make it easier to invest in wind, solar, and geothermal energy.

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Yes, it will have an affect.
The affect will be that our socialist government will spend even more of our money on dead end "green technologies" that were never economically sound, and never will be without government subsidies. ... (Read the rest)
Posted by: cornpie Posted on: 02/17/09 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
Bill Joy: Fascist?  meh130@... | 02/17/09
Yes, it will have an affect.  cornpie | 02/17/09

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