Comments on: The Oil Debate, Round II: Khosla vs. Patzek

By: jim Siegrist

jim Siegrist — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:27:16 +0000

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By: Ape Man » Blog Archive » Shall we starve Mexicans to fuel innovation?

Ape Man » Blog Archive » Shall we starve Mexicans to fuel innovation? — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 02:01:35 +0000

[...] Maybe. But I have serious problems with Khosla and those like him. You see, Khosla admit that ethanol will currently do almost nothing to help American achieve energy independence. But he argues that if we throw enough money at the problem innovation will change that and he invokes Mooreâ€™s law to prove his point!! [...]

By: Matt Marshall

Matt Marshall — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:12:56 +0000

Sorry Tad, have corrected the two instances I incorrectly used a “d”.

Also, thanks for the clarifications, and for being on the record about being against Prop. 87

By: Tad Patzek

Tad Patzek — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:12:56 +0000

Please excuse my misspelling of Mr. Khosla’s last name. In addition, my last name is spelled Patzek most of the time.

Tad Patzek

By: Tad Patzek

Tad Patzek — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:45:29 +0000

Hi Matt – This is a very interesting discussion, however, just for the record: My
1-hour working meeting with Mr. Khoshla was *not* a debate. We both tried to establish points of mutual agreement and disagreement. While certainly there was agreement on several key issues, there was also significant, one might say fundamental, disagreement on biofuels. I find the biofuel focus of Proposition 87 to be inconsistent with the very survival of life diversity and key ecosystems on the Earth and, consequently, I do not favor Proposition 87.

Tad Patzek
Professor
U.C. Berkeley

By: Krishworld Politics » Blog Archive » The great Ethanol Debate

Krishworld Politics » Blog Archive » The great Ethanol Debate — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 00:53:17 +0000

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By: Lynne Jolitz

Lynne Jolitz — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:05:48 +0000

Hi Matt – This item is very timely and I included it in my report on Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) workshop on solar, biomass, and carbon mitigation / storage technologies. Vinod is introducing us to the many alternative paths we must take to meet our energy needs, reduce global emissions, and free us from the dispair of petro-addiction. Silicon Valley has taken the lead in the development of 20th Century technologies from the semiconductor to the Internet. Given the remarkable talent and intellect all around us, the 21st Century may provide us with our greatest challenge yet.

Lynne Jolitz
Chief Technology Officer
ExecProducer / CoolClip Network

http://lynnesblog.telemuse.net/c/global-warming-prop-87-and-investments-in-silicon-valley/257

By: BlazeFahrenheit

BlazeFahrenheit — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:15:57 +0000

This is great reporting, Matt. I very much appreciate your play-by-play coverage on this debate. I notice wind power getting a lot more visibility lately – would love to see relevant stories on that angle of the growing energy story.

Also, for those interested, keep an eye out for this important documenatry: “Oil Crash.”

http://www.oilcrashmovie.com/index.html

I caught it at last year’s SXSW festival and it is taking a painfully long time to get general viewing. Scariest movie around.

By: VentureBeat » Amyris gets $20M from high-profile investors to find alternative fuel

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:13:13 +0000

[...] Despite his ethanol investments, Khosla has said ethanol is not the best alternative energy source long-term. In fact, we wrote yesterday about Khoslaâ€™s search for an efficient way to produce say, butanol and other biofuels that would be better than ethanol. Ethanol faces limitations as an alternative fuel to petroleum, because of the cost needed to separate it from water during the production process. [...]

By: Bill Whitley

Bill Whitley — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:08:08 +0000

The question of the next step to take in the alternative energy process is a very hard one to answer. Fortunately with the continuing emergence of various cleantech companies we may be closer to a good answer than we know. The fact that Khola is pushing for a start is a wonderful thing.