I was part of a startup accelerator at one point and one stream was technology commercialization. A professor was pitching us on his technology for more efficie

I was part of a startup accelerator at one point and one stream was technology commercialization. A professor was pitching us on his technology for more efficiently shipping wood pellets across the ocean (I live in Canada) to displace coal in the UK. At the time we thought this was a crazy business that would rapidly be killed off. And here it is 4 years later, still chugging.