Originally Posted by kf5nd
I think many of these alternative energy start-ups are going to end up being just exactly like dot-coms.
The green tech boom in Silicon Valley is beginning to resemble the dot-com bubble, but remember that quite a few companies like Yahoo started up in that expansion. There are some even more pie-in-the-sky schemes out there though. This one sounds even a bit tame.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/te...rssnyt&emc=rss
Originally Posted by NY Times
In Silicon Valley, investment in clean technology — from alternative energy products, like solar panels and hybrid cars, to the use of nanotechnology to solve environmental problems — went from $34 million in the first quarter of 2006 to $290 million in the third quarter, according to an annual report released Sunday by Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network, a research organization in San Jose, Calif.