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Vinod Khosla: Forecast or Invent Our Energy Future?

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🗓️ 21 April 2010

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Forecast or Invent Our Energy Future? Vinod Khosla, Founder, Khosla Ventures; Former CEO, Sun Microsystems Predictions of peak oil and resource scarcity are driving investments in new energy and technologies. What will determine the winners and losers? What policies are needed to drive innovation and send proper price signals? Are incremental solutions such as hybrid vehicles helpful, or does the climate challenge require huge breakthroughs at the system level? This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on April 20, 2010. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:30.1

How will we power our future? Can we create a healthy and clean economy? Climate One at the

0:36.0

Commonwealth Club is at the forefront of the global debate about energy, economy, and the environment.

0:41.5

Bringing together the brightest and most provocative leaders of our time, Climate One is the place where big ideas get heard.

0:48.2

With thoughtful and insightful discussions on policy, business, science, and culture, Climate One founder Greg Dalton gets to the heart of the

0:55.6

matter. It's our future. It's time to come together. Welcome to Climate One at the Commonwealth

1:02.0

Club. I'm Greg Dalton. Our guest today is Vinod Kosla, a prominent investor in Silicon Valley and

1:07.7

Clean Tech evangelist. What energy sectors are attracting smart money in

1:12.1

today's market? What technologies on the horizon are potential game changers? Should we

1:17.1

forecast our energy future or invent it? Mr. Koslow will present his views on forecasting

1:22.9

and investing for about 30 minutes and then we'll have a conversation, including questions from our live audience here in San Francisco.

1:30.3

Now please welcome venture capitalist Vinod Kosla.

1:33.3

Thank you.

1:35.3

Thank you.

1:37.3

Thank you.

1:41.3

Good evening and thank you, Greg. It's great to be here and I'll talk about a number of

1:52.1

things. As Greg said, I'm a big believer that you don't predict the future you

1:59.2

invented. But before we do that, I'm going to talk to you

2:03.6

about all the things that we shouldn't be doing.

2:07.6

And most of all, we shouldn't be listening to experts,

2:12.6

whether they're on cap and trade,

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