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

No one will pay you to solve a non-problem.

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

Seeking an acquisition from the start is more than just bad advice for an entrepreneur. For the entrepreneur it leads to short term tactical decisions rather than company-building decisions and in my view often reduces the probability of success.

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.

I do not know what got me interested in technology. What was very clear to me very early on was that I was not interested in religion and that naturally increased my curiosity about science and technology, and I fundamentally believe the two are conflicting.