Vinod Khosla Quotations

We don't need a fuel that's cleaner, we need a fuel that happens to be cleaner, but is half the price of oil.

As for companies invested in the space - I think its important to distinguish between a good investment and a material climate change technology - you can have the first without the second, even in the "clean tech" space.

Setting an aggressive enough carbon-reduction goal will result in an appropriate price for carbon and will help many a renewable technology. Consumer education will help. Most importantly, though, will be the continually declining cost trajectory of the real breakthrough in clean-technology costs driven by research and innovation. In the end, private capital is the real barometer of change.

I believe cellulosic fuels, biofuels made from nonfood crops are the only solution that will make a difference.

The world is hung up on food-based biofuels. Not only are they the wrong thing, they're the uneconomic thing.

There's no doubt in my mind over the next 25 years how we drive, how we build our houses, how we fly, how we build our buildings, will all change.

I don’t mind the low probability of success, but it better be impactful if we do succeed.

Certain food-based biofuels like biodiesel have always been a bad idea. Others like corn ethanol have served a useful purpose and essentially are obsoleting themselves.

The right way to build a company is to experiment in lots of small ways, so that you have plenty of room to make mistakes and change strategies.

Startups allow technologists and scientists to take risks and change plans in a way that would be frowned upon in a big company. Having said that, big companies will play a key role in certain areas and in partnerships with little companies. Each has its strengths.