http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/05/nestle-khosla-feud-tencent-20com-force10s-feast-and-montavista-revisited/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:55:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/05/nestle-khosla-feud-tencent-20com-force10s-feast-and-montavista-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-7930 Jamie B. Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:30:01 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/05/nestle-khosla-feud-tencent-20com-force10s-feast-and-montavista-revisited/#comment-7930 Global warming is a very serious yet complex issue. Companies like Nestle get a lot of attention from the NGOs like Greenpeace because they are such global entities. Global warming is also more complex than portrayed by Gore though his book and movie were very compelling and well done. Resource depletion, pollution, water quality, overcrowding, disease, etc. are all equally important problems that all start at the same place - there are 6.5 billion people in the world that are consuming all they can without regard for the earth we live in and with no way to replenish itself. The vast oceans are even polluted. The US is particularly bad, but so are remote places like China and India - do you think they are reclaiming refrigerant on equipment that stops functioning? Not a chance. They vent it, toss it, etc. which is more to the point of why the Kyoto protocal is fairly useless. Kind of like locks for honest people, you have to want to or know how to comply. There is no one problem on this earth to point at for global warming, nor is there a single answer. It is an intertwined complex problem that has been developing for decades. It will take a global and systematic effort to mitigate stop or reverse global warming, if it even can be at this point. If you have ever researched global warming, you will realize that all of the refrigerant that a Nestle expels in a year is a paltry amount compared to the methane given off from cattle, cars, etc. That doesn't mean the CEO is right nor does it mean he isn't an idiot. As someone who worked on global warming for the Coca-Cola Co. and who has a scientific background, I can see both sides. I think Khosla may have misinterpreted the points to a certain extent, and the Nestle CEO should be smarter than to make himself a target like that. Maybe he has been watching Bush make speeches. Cheers, J Global warming is a very serious yet complex issue. Companies like Nestle get a lot of attention from the NGOs like Greenpeace because they are such global entities. Global warming is also more complex than portrayed by Gore though his book and movie were very compelling and well done. Resource depletion, pollution, water quality, overcrowding, disease, etc. are all equally important problems that all start at the same place – there are 6.5 billion people in the world that are consuming all they can without regard for the earth we live in and with no way to replenish itself. The vast oceans are even polluted. The US is particularly bad, but so are remote places like China and India – do you think they are reclaiming refrigerant on equipment that stops functioning? Not a chance. They vent it, toss it, etc. which is more to the point of why the Kyoto protocal is fairly useless. Kind of like locks for honest people, you have to want to or know how to comply. There is no one problem on this earth to point at for global warming, nor is there a single answer. It is an intertwined complex problem that has been developing for decades. It will take a global and systematic effort to mitigate stop or reverse global warming, if it even can be at this point. If you have ever researched global warming, you will realize that all of the refrigerant that a Nestle expels in a year is a paltry amount compared to the methane given off from cattle, cars, etc. That doesn’t mean the CEO is right nor does it mean he isn’t an idiot. As someone who worked on global warming for the Coca-Cola Co. and who has a scientific background, I can see both sides. I think Khosla may have misinterpreted the points to a certain extent, and the Nestle CEO should be smarter than to make himself a target like that. Maybe he has been watching Bush make speeches. Cheers, J

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/05/nestle-khosla-feud-tencent-20com-force10s-feast-and-montavista-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-7928 Dan F. Mon, 05 Feb 2007 22:41:27 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/05/nestle-khosla-feud-tencent-20com-force10s-feast-and-montavista-revisited/#comment-7928 It is nice to see the issue of global warming being discussed at such high levels. It will help increase public awareness of this important issue. The world has to look at the big picture and face reality before we reach the tipping point. We spend endless hours on retirement planning and estate planning. It is all moot if the dire predictions of global warming come true. It is nice to see the issue of global warming being discussed at such high levels. It will help increase public awareness of this important issue. The world has to look at the big picture and face reality before we reach the tipping point. We spend endless hours on retirement planning and estate planning. It is all moot if the dire predictions of global warming come true.

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