JAN 09

I agree with your concern over loss of IPO and monies for funding green tech... just wanted to correct your comment on historical gas and oil prices, which are at near all time low prices, when corrected for inflation. That will change soon enough, and experts are already saying that the drop in oil prices is very temporary. Within three years oil prices will be at least double what they are now, and people will again be thinking green. This influence of money swings both ways.

My point is this VC's invested 7.7 billion in Greentech last year. These folks are smart enough to see the global recession coming (I mean Roubinni's been calling for it for the past 18 months). They obviously took this slowdown into consideration, and still feel that these investments make sound economic sense.

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/a-record-year-in-greentech-investing--77b-in-2008-5447.html

I read a similar article to the one John Bancroft sites. I agree that there are a lot of smart people who have invested and continue to invest in Greentech. I think the important thing to take away from this post is that there is potential for exponential growth that is waiting just around the corner.

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2008 was the apex of wanton corporatists running amok.Most American buisness models can't function with oil prices at or above $100 a barrel.High oil prices were a quick fix for their short sightedness.The need to invest in cleaner technology has become apparent.Invest all that you can.

I'd like to add another point of view as a working scientist who just finished grad school a couple years ago. There are essentially no jobs available right now for people like me (physics phds), and I believe this will have a very positive effect on "green tech" as well as other very new technologies. What's happening is that without traditional career routes such as corporate R&D, government lab permanent positions, or tenure-track faculty jobs, a surprisingly large number of my fellow recent phd's are considering striking out on their own to survive. Since almost everyone of my generation *wants* to work on green tech of one kind or another, these desperate times are likely going to push many more scientists into green tech fields than would happen in better times when more traditional jobs are easy to come by.

grad school a couple years ago. There are essentially no jobs available right now for people like me (physics phds)

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