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To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (203239)	5/20/2009 2:36:52 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (2) of 306849

you're right, it was a fund manager/venture capitalist....he may not be a clown, but i found his comments quite clownish wrt newspapers...he's also convinced that green tech will save the u.s. despite our being behind other countries in R&D ...he used darpa development of the internet as the model for government to do the job that private industry cannot to which i say, got ethanol? and oh yeah, he's talking his book...huge fan of cap and tax ted.com en.wikipedia.org Today, Doerr remains one of Silicon Valley's most influential figures. Forbes magazine estimates his net worth to be well over $1 billion. Doerr is a high profile supporter of the Democratic Party in Silicon Valley. Through the TechNet (lobbying organization) he helped found, he has devoted much time and money towards impacting legislation beneficial to the technology and venture capital industries. Doerr has also invested heavily in "carbon trading" and is a big advocate of its use. In a 2007 TED conference he was brought to tears using his daughter's remarks on "saving the world" urging people to invest in carbon credits as a solution for global warming [1]. Doerr has reportedly shown interested in expanding into the social networking business.

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