The world is hung up on food-based biofuels. Not only are they the wrong thing, they're the uneconomic thing. — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
I believe cellulosic fuels, biofuels made from nonfood crops are the only solution that will make a difference. — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
Certain food-based biofuels like biodiesel have always been a bad idea. Others like corn ethanol have served a useful purpose and essentially… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
Climate deniers are clearly the fringe group and need to see a proctologist to find their heads. — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
Oil replacements and then efficiencies in engines and housing and the way we build houses is a very interesting market. — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
I'm a fiscal hawk. I vote against all taxes, but I do believe the environment, and climate change, is a bigger issue… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
The U.S. has fallen well behind Europe in recognizing climate change and the implications of climate change. — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
Photovoltaics are a great technology for certain applications, and, in fact, we invest in photovoltaic technologies. But they're not good substitutes for… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
Germany has a lot of solar power. In fact, in 2005, some 55 or 57 percent of worldwide installations were photovoltaics in… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
As for companies invested in the space - I think its important to distinguish between a good investment and a material climate… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
You know, one of the great things about most renewable technologies - not every technology, but many of them - is the… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
I don't believe - till something radical changes that we are not on track to do - that hybrids are material to… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
There's a big difference between needs and requirements for grid-based electricity versus those for distributed rural homes or remote locations, or even… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
Will biofuel usage require land? Absolutely, but we think the ability to use winter cover crops, degraded land, as well as using… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
The bulk of the utility industry today believes that coal and nuclear are the only solutions we have. Nuclear is greener but… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
If you have a carbon cap and trade system, there'd be an agreed-to limit the amount of carbon we emit. That changes… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
Setting an aggressive enough carbon-reduction goal will result in an appropriate price for carbon and will help many a renewable technology. Consumer… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
Environmentalists get in the way. They often ask the right questions, but they're chasing the wrong answers - often hypothetical or uneconomic… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
We don't need a fuel that's cleaner, we need a fuel that happens to be cleaner, but is half the price of… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
I'm very excited by biomass and biofuels. We have a company, KiOR, that turns biomass - for instance, wood chips - into… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
There are parts of the country in America, in the Midwest, where wind is a big resource, and we should absolutely use… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
Now it will take a long time to scale biofuels, but I'm the only one in the world forecasting oil dropping in… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
Is it 10 years, 20, 50 before we reach that tipping point where climate change becomes irreversible? Nobody can know. There's clearly… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
The world is hung up on food-based biofuels. Not only are they the wrong thing, they're the uneconomic thing. — Vinod Khosla Copy Share
I generally disagree with most of the very high margin opportunities. Why? Because it's a business strategy tradeoff: the lower the margin you take,… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share
If I collected all the diamonds in the world, I'd have no 'income' but I'd have a lot of 'assets'. Would my company be… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share
What an entrepreneur does is to build for the long run. If the market is great, you get all of the resources you can.… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share
New industries are created by entrepreneurs who don't necessarily have subject matter expertise when they get started, yet they are still responsible for most… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share
I believe cellulosic fuels, biofuels made from nonfood crops are the only solution that will make a difference. — Vinod Khosla Copy Share
Hopefully, I can advise entrepreneurs to avoid mistakes. But you can never be sure if you're trying something new and unreasonable. — Vinod Khosla Copy Share
Seeking an acquisition from the start is more than just bad advice for an entrepreneur. For the entrepreneur it leads to short term tactical… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share
Letting the perfect be the enemy of the good is one of the reasons we have a coal-dependent infrastructure, with the resulting environmental impact… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share
Germany has a lot of solar power. In fact, in 2005, some 55 or 57 percent of worldwide installations were photovoltaics in Germany. That's… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share
