Comments on: Emerging Cleantech Ventures Showcased at Sustainable Opportunities Summit

By: Gary Lyon

Gary Lyon — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:36:35 +0000

I agree with the above comments. Move over GM. GM had an electric car in the 1990′s, called the EV, and chose to kill it because they believed that it wouldn’t make short term profits. An efficient lithium-ion battery patent, that would have given the vehicle a range of 300 miles was bought and put out of circulation by Exon or Chevron-Texaco (one of the two evil oil companies). GM also insisted that the SUV was the way to go. We all saw what that lead to. GM also bought out and closed much of the public transport infrastructure that was available to the people of America, so as to sell more cars. GM is not only an unsustainable model but also a bad business model.

By: CO Green

CO Green — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:39:54 +0000

Another cool thing to emerge from the Sustainable Opportunities Summit this year was the Clean Tech Open Competition. This year is the fourth competition and according to announcements at the Summit there is a $1 million prize purse (cash and services) and they have a goal of creating 100,000 green-collar jobs over the next five years from companies that are created from the competition. Colorado and other Rocky Mountain states are part of the competition, along with California and Pacific Northwest. Another interesting aspect is the fact that the Clean Tech Open is partnering with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation–the foremost U.S. foundation focused on advancing entrepreneurship and innovation. Here is a link to information about the competition. http://www.cleantechopen.com/competition.php?set_region=rm

By: Ethan

Ethan — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:00:28 +0000

This is by far one of the most informative and intelligently written posts I’ve seen on the emerging green energy start-ups market. I’m glad people are beginning to realize the 20th century’s focus on money as the only measure of success was mislaid.