Timid, Fearful, Paranoid: Renewable Money

Posted Sat, 09/06/2008 - 06:34 by rba
Kanellos/GreenTech: Biomass Energy: the Global Potential in Numbers
“If we cannot supply enough sustainable biomass, we cannot develop a sustainable economy. Economic growth will depend on ecological growth.”
Jennifer Kho/GreenTech: Dikeman Spouts Off on New Energy:
A founding partner at Jane Capital Partners says new clean technologies are unlikely to rapidly disrupt the energy market. The reasons? Price, risk and profit.
You don't even have to read through the articles for the central message to appear: it's the lack of basic scientific research, stupid (the Egg). And of course: what's in it for my company - and me (the Chicken)? Another round of venture capital for vapor-juice? Another set of government subsidies for rat-ta-pooie micro-power units? No, a bit of both. Only it's best to be open-sourced about it. You know, try something GNU for a change.