Comments on: Investors Talk Biofuels Winners, Latecomers to the Party, and $100 Billion Dollar Companies at Algae Biomass Summit http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2008/10/24/investors-talk-biofuels-winners-latecomers-to-the-party-and-100-billion-dollar-companies-at-algae-biomass-summit/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:30:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Val Fitzgerald http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2008/10/24/investors-talk-biofuels-winners-latecomers-to-the-party-and-100-billion-dollar-companies-at-algae-biomass-summit/comment-page-1/#comment-69474 Val Fitzgerald Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:19:52 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=5796#comment-69474 As K. Dimitrov said last year (see his above post) "way too many unanswered questions remain..." Chief among them might be, "What's Sapphire Energy's most recent stock price?" That's one of the way too many unanswered questions! As K. Dimitrov said last year (see his above post) “way too many unanswered questions remain…”

Chief among them might be, “What’s Sapphire Energy’s most recent stock price?” That’s one of the way too many unanswered questions!

]]> By: Krassen Dimitrov http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2008/10/24/investors-talk-biofuels-winners-latecomers-to-the-party-and-100-billion-dollar-companies-at-algae-biomass-summit/comment-page-1/#comment-36541 Krassen Dimitrov Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:51:17 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=5796#comment-36541 I am very intrigued by this Sapphire company. Rob is a sophisticated guy. He's not going to go out and pitch an easily debunkable idea (like Greenfuel Technologies, for example), yet some of his hits had turned out to be empty concepts. He got an exit on Caliper, then he was close to one with Nanosys when the market had a "Wait a minute, how exactly is this thing going to make money?" moment in 2004. From what little I have been able to learn about Sapphire, there is no clear-cut flaw, yet way too many unanswered questions remain. Something's just not quite right... We'll be watching with interest in the coming years. I am very intrigued by this Sapphire company. Rob is a sophisticated guy. He’s not going to go out and pitch an easily debunkable idea (like Greenfuel Technologies, for example), yet some of his hits had turned out to be empty concepts. He got an exit on Caliper, then he was close to one with Nanosys when the market had a “Wait a minute, how exactly is this thing going to make money?” moment in 2004.
From what little I have been able to learn about Sapphire, there is no clear-cut flaw, yet way too many unanswered questions remain. Something’s just not quite right… We’ll be watching with interest in the coming years.

]]> By: Apollo Daily Digest » Blog Archive » October 27, 2008: Police In Maryland Listed Environmentalists As A Terrorist Group http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2008/10/24/investors-talk-biofuels-winners-latecomers-to-the-party-and-100-billion-dollar-companies-at-algae-biomass-summit/comment-page-1/#comment-36372 Apollo Daily Digest » Blog Archive » October 27, 2008: Police In Maryland Listed Environmentalists As A Terrorist Group Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:11:58 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=5796#comment-36372 [...] Xconomy looks at some Algae Biomass prospects. [...] [...] Xconomy looks at some Algae Biomass prospects. [...]

]]> By: » Green news harvest: Solar thermal returns to Calif., Seattle algae « Software Reviews & Free Software Download. http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2008/10/24/investors-talk-biofuels-winners-latecomers-to-the-party-and-100-billion-dollar-companies-at-algae-biomass-summit/comment-page-1/#comment-36165 » Green news harvest: Solar thermal returns to Calif., Seattle algae « Software Reviews & Free Software Download. Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:37:45 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=5796#comment-36165 [...] Investors Talk Biofuels Winners, Latecomers to the Party, and $100 Billion Dollar Companies at Algae...Report from algae fuel conference where the people talk about the “grand goal” of replacing oil, though don’t expect it tomorrow. [...] [...] Investors Talk Biofuels Winners, Latecomers to the Party, and $100 Billion Dollar Companies at Algae…Report from algae fuel conference where the people talk about the “grand goal” of replacing oil, though don’t expect it tomorrow. [...]

]]> By: Durwood Dugger http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2008/10/24/investors-talk-biofuels-winners-latecomers-to-the-party-and-100-billion-dollar-companies-at-algae-biomass-summit/comment-page-1/#comment-36077 Durwood Dugger Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:56:40 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=5796#comment-36077 You can tell the amateurs from the professionals in the algae oil discussions very easily. The amateurs are talking about "algae oil yields per acre." The professionals are talking about the "algae oil costs per gallon and if it will compete with the lowest production costs of comparative petroleum based products." Unfortunately, the amateurs thus far have been the vast majority of the naive players in algae oil development. You can tell the amateurs from the professionals in the algae oil discussions very easily. The amateurs are talking about “algae oil yields per acre.” The professionals are talking about the “algae oil costs per gallon and if it will compete with the lowest production costs of comparative petroleum based products.” Unfortunately, the amateurs thus far have been the vast majority of the naive players in algae oil development.

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