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Venture Capitalism To the Rescue

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 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."<p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/05/014203&from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/10/05/014203"></a></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/05/014203&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/1uKKc6lzK80XvYuBpaTNgf4LL-w/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/1uKKc6lzK80XvYuBpaTNgf4LL-w/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/ls5RzSAGoVk" height="1" width="1"/>