Saturday, October 07, 2006

vinod khosla holds forth: businessweek

oct 7th, 2006

he is a smart guy and has made some awesome bets before. glad he's going after alternative energy, he may make something happen.

by the way, why did OPEC allow oil prices to fall? because it was encouraging people to go after oil substitutes.

http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/oct2006/sb20061004_513595.htm?campaign_id=nws_insdr_oct6&link_position=link15

7 comments:

iamfordemocracy said...
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nizhal yoddha said...

i am not obligated to give visibility to the knee-jerk rantings of some anonymous, third-rate ass; therefore i am deleting kk_iop's idiotic post and also iamdemocracy's response thereto.

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slim_shady said...

I find it amazing how India is sharing evidence with Pakistan on the Mumbai events recently, instead of acting on it themselves. Now the culprits get a nice summary of where they slipped up, left a trail, and what they should avoid in the future.

How was I born into such a gutless country?

iamfordemocracy said...

slim_shady has spelt out the peril of joint action (against terrorists). The real problem is that those who envisage it clearly are unable to convince the common man about it. That may either be because the common man does not have time, or because the wise men aren't good enough at convincing those who are not endowed with the time, tools, and the intellect to analyse events.

It is our collective failure and we must focus on ourselves and our own methods to come out with a strategy that will get the common man to vote in a determined fashion.

iamfordemocracy said...

Kapidhwaja, thanks for the link. That was an informative article. I have two comments. 1. The PMO weilded a similar iron hand when Bajpayee ruled. 2. Inspite of manmohan proving beyond any doubt that he is a no holds barred dictator, the BJP will continue to call him a good man!

Ghost Writer said...

More on the Kangress Culture - this time by Tavleen Singh in the Spindian Express.

On the alternative energy front (the main subject of Rajeev's post) - we need to go in for a process that is

1- USA & China independent i.e. one that does not need the US or China to invest in it

2- Agriculture linked - i.e. one whose outputs, in addition to being clean can be fed into our agricultural sector. This will start a 'Virtuous Cycle' i.e. the more energy is consumed, the more farm output we get. I would not even mind subsidising farm energy if it came from such a resource - the returns in improved farm productivuty will be awesome.

We must never forget that the roots of India's wealth have been and always will be - agriculture and intellectual property.