Biofuels: Think Outside The Barrel - a talk by Vinod Khosla gave to Google employees about ethanol on March 29, 2006. The talk covers technical, policy, and market issues regarding a transition from fossil fuels to biofuels.
Khosla, who is one of the co-founders of Sun Microsystems is today renowned as the #1 venture capitalist (Forbes magazine) and Fortune magazine recently labeled him as one of the nation's most influential ethanol advocates, noting "there are venture capitalists, and there's Vinod Khosla.")
Also see a related downloadable presentation. Also his website links to some of his other presentations & papers and he also apparently blogs at HuffPost.
Also this interesting debate about Khosla's thoughts on bio-ethanol, in which he (and many others) is heavily invested, as a source of fuel. Also read this Wired magazine article where Khosla explains why he’s betting on biofuels.
Khosla is one Indian* the whole world should be proud of as someone who is putting his focus, money, and energy (no pun intended) into making the world a better place.
* He is an alum of IIT-Delhi, India (Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering ), Carnegie Mellon University (Masters in Biomedical Engineering), and Stanford Graduate School of Business (MBA).
Khosla, who is one of the co-founders of Sun Microsystems is today renowned as the #1 venture capitalist (Forbes magazine) and Fortune magazine recently labeled him as one of the nation's most influential ethanol advocates, noting "there are venture capitalists, and there's Vinod Khosla.")
Also see a related downloadable presentation. Also his website links to some of his other presentations & papers and he also apparently blogs at HuffPost.
Also this interesting debate about Khosla's thoughts on bio-ethanol, in which he (and many others) is heavily invested, as a source of fuel. Also read this Wired magazine article where Khosla explains why he’s betting on biofuels.
Khosla is one Indian* the whole world should be proud of as someone who is putting his focus, money, and energy (no pun intended) into making the world a better place.
* He is an alum of IIT-Delhi, India (Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering ), Carnegie Mellon University (Masters in Biomedical Engineering), and Stanford Graduate School of Business (MBA).
Other related articles on Biofuels:
Ethanol Is a Cheaper, Cleaner Alternative
The myth that ethanol is responsible for high gas prices damages our most attractive option.
Brazil's Bounty: A Photo Essay
A sun-drenched look at how this agricultural giant has become a global leader in biofuels
Biofuels -Green Energy or Grim Reaper?
via BBC's Green Room - which presents a series of though-provoking environmental opinion pieces.
Technology Review (TR) Report: Energy - Beyond Oil. Also this TR report related to the controversial assessment of the biofuel focus is affecting livestock producers and leading to an increase in food prices.
Thermodynamics of the Corn-Ethanol Biofuel Cycle (105 page technical paper - pdf file)
And last but not least...here is my compilation of articles on Oil Politics & Energy Alternatives
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