Comments on: Steve Jurvetson on clean tech innovation that will change the world http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2011/10/04/steve-jurvetson-on-clean-tech-innovation-that-will-change-the-world/ Global environmental challenges Mon, 20 May 2013 06:14:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Jurvetson http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2011/10/04/steve-jurvetson-on-clean-tech-innovation-that-will-change-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-348542 Jurvetson Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:43:32 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/?p=20240#comment-348542 In saying the cleantech portfolio is modest, perhaps you missed the <a href="http://www.dfj.com/portfolio/cleantech.shtml" rel="nofollow">portfolio slide</a> near the beginning. And that's just from our Menlo Park office. Globally, the <a href="http://www.dfj.com/cgi-bin/cgi-networkportfolio/search.cgi?action=search&page=2&perpage=10&template=searchEngine/search_results_newPortfolio.html&categoryNums=23&includeSubcats=0&keyword=&keywordSearchFields" rel="nofollow">DFJ Network</a> has over 85 clean tech investments, perhaps more than any other venture firm on Earth. My blog post from the conference: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/6195573431/ In saying the cleantech portfolio is modest, perhaps you missed the portfolio slide near the beginning. And that’s just from our Menlo Park office. Globally, the DFJ Network has over 85 clean tech investments, perhaps more than any other venture firm on Earth.

My blog post from the conference: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/6 195573431/

]]> By: Singcaver http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2011/10/04/steve-jurvetson-on-clean-tech-innovation-that-will-change-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-348540 Singcaver Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:55:04 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/?p=20240#comment-348540 I cannot understand all this hype and publicity after so called hybride vehicles . Its not a new technology , only the type of fuel is changing . Generators and electric motors have been used for ages in various propulsion systems . Is the car industry trying to justify price hikes , and seen to be going green . Hydrogen is not green , its production uses excessive amounts of energy . Also we will see if current vehicles especially the power trains will cope with the high torque of electric motors , and the electronic systems will cope with bad conditions and maintenance . Also will the constructeurs be producing several types of vehicles in the future , as less wealthy nations will not be going to Hybride units for a long time .And unless the whole of the EU has installations for hybride units , its a waste of time , as people travel from one end of Europe to another , and with no maintenance or filling facilities then its a no go , and a waste of time and money . Sorry to say the constructeurs and talking lot of hot air , along with the politicians. The real problem is overpopulation and concentration , without dealing with this , its all useless . I cannot understand all this hype and publicity after so called hybride vehicles . Its not a new technology , only the type of fuel is changing . Generators and electric motors have been used for ages in various propulsion systems .
Is the car industry trying to justify price hikes , and seen to be going green . Hydrogen is not green , its production uses excessive amounts of energy . Also we will see if current vehicles especially the power trains will cope with the high torque of electric motors , and the electronic systems will cope with bad conditions and maintenance .
Also will the constructeurs be producing several types of vehicles in the future , as less wealthy nations will not be going to Hybride units for a long time .And unless the whole of the EU has installations for hybride units , its a waste of time , as people travel from one end of Europe to another , and with no maintenance or filling facilities then its a no go , and a waste of time and money .
Sorry to say the constructeurs and talking lot of hot air , along with the politicians.
The real problem is overpopulation and concentration , without dealing with this , its all useless .

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