In my view, it’s irreverence, foolish confidence and naivety combined with persistence, open mindedness and a continual ability to learn that created Facebook, Google, Yahoo, eBay, Microsoft, Apple, Juniper, AOL, Sun Microsystems and others.

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.

Every big problem is a big opportunity.

The only way you multiply resources is with technology. To really affect poverty, energy, health, education, or anything else - there is no other way.

Will biofuel usage require land? Absolutely, but we think the ability to use winter cover crops, degraded land, as well as using sources such as organic waste, sewage, and forest waste means that actual land usage will be limited. Just these sources can replace most of our imported oil by 2030 without touching new land.

Future is not extrapolation of past

The U.S. has fallen well behind Europe in recognizing climate change and the implications of climate change.