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How the rich invest in biofuels - Gates' and Khosla's latest moves

It's no surprise that Vinod Khosla is a fan of ethanol, but he's long said that it's just a stepping stone to get us off of oil. Still, the man behind Sun Microsystems and lots of ethanol research will give the keynote address at the Algae Biomass Summit in Seattle next month. But Khosla and his venture capital are not 100 percent behind algae biofuels. He told the Wall Street Journal that, "We keep looking at algae. We've looked at one to two dozen plants, haven't yet found economics that work but still believe there is room for innovation to ... Read more →

The latest ethanol non-fan? Bill Gates Sebastian Blanco

Photo by Domain Barnyard. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. Bill Gates is taking a big hit to get out of his ethanol investments. According to the Sacramento Bee and Earth2Tech, Gates' ...

How the rich invest in biofuels - Gates' and Khosla's latest moves 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It's no surprise that Vinod Khosla is a fan of ethanol, but he's long said that it's just a stepping stone to get us off of oil. Still, the man behind Sun Microsystems and lots of ethanol research will give the keynote address at the Algae Biomass Summit in Seattle next month. But Khosla and his ...

The latest ethanol non-fan? Bill Gates 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo by Domain Barnyard. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. Bill Gates is taking a big hit to get out of his ethanol investments. According to the Sacramento Bee and Earth2Tech, Gates' investment firm, Cascade Investment, has sold off over two million shares of Pacific Ethanol since ...


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