Venture capitalist John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers makes pitch for green tech

“We will suffocate, and overrun, and pollute and poison our planet to death,” he said of the rampant growth in population of major cities — with eight cities the size of Manhattan being built every year, mainly in China, he noted.

Green technology is piping hot right now.

Buzz echoed in the ballroom at the Cleantech Venture Network conference this week in San Francisco, where venture capitalists gathered to discuss the future of alternative energy investments.

Most of the more than 500 attendees — up from 325 at the previous conference — crammed in to hear John Doerr, the well-known venture capitalist at Silicon Valley’s Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, give a rousing talk about the urgent need for more energy efficiency.

By Matt Marshall
Mercury News

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