Venture Capitalism To the Rescue

Posted by kdawson on Sunday October 5, 2008 @12:12AM from the doing-well-by-doing-good dept.

theodp writes "Al Gore, Bill Joy, and a Norwegian cutie — a TH!NK open electric car — grace the cover of the latest NYT Magazine, which asks: Can the venture capitalists at Kleiner Perkins reduce our dependence on oil, help stop global warming, and make a lot of money at the same time? While Kleiner Perkins — which funded Genentech, Netscape, Google and others — has a number of other green-tech bets, a partner says its goal is 'to make a lot of money for our investors,' not to save the environment."

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Re:Electric Cars ... the Silent Killer by Eukariote · 2008-10-05 00:52 · Score: 5, Interesting

The noise difference is not nearly as large over 50 km/h because then the road/tire noise starts to dominate over engine noise. Electric cars are silent only at low speeds.