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Hey Government, Get Out of Silicon Valley
- anigbrowl 16y agoThe story is a bit more interesting than the silly headline, and there's something to it; when international competitors invest heavily in subsidies, there's a ready-made 'arms race' argument for doing the same here. From a longer-term perspective, disruption of the fossil-fuel model has a huge potential payoff in the form of reduced strategic commitments.
- MaysonL 16y agoGiven that Silicon Valley was basically founded on government money, the cleantech boom is hardly surprising. I just wish that government research funding would go back to the ARPA model: throw money at the brightest people with the best ideas.