InfoCompanions » Current Energy http://www.infocompanions.com Brain spasms of an enthusiast who loves to live at the intersection of business, innovation, process and technology Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:37:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Why can’t we “grow” new energy? http://www.infocompanions.com/why-cant-we-grow-new-energy/ http://www.infocompanions.com/why-cant-we-grow-new-energy/#comments Sun, 02 Dec 2007 07:00:00 +0000 Himanshu Sharma http://www.infocompanions.net/?p=68 Juan Enriquez offers a glimpse of some ground-breaking research to explore the potential of bioenergy. Our current energy sources — , oil, gas — are ultimately derived from ancient plants — they’re “concentrated .” He asks, Can we learn from that process and accelerate it? Can we get to the point where we grow our own energy as efficiently as we grow wheat? (Less than a month after this talk, his company announced a process to do just that.).

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About Juan Enriquez:
A broad thinker who studies the intersection of science, business and society, Juan Enriquez has a talent for bridging disciplines to build a coherent look ahead. The founding director of the Harvard Business School Life Sciences Project, Enriquez has published widely on topics from the technical (global nucleotide data flow) to the sociological (gene research and national competitiveness), and was a member of Celera Genomics founder ’s marine-based team to collect genetic data from the world’s oceans.

Formerly CEO of Mexico City’s and chief of staff for Mexico’s secretary of state, Enriquez played a role in reforming Mexico’s domestic policy and helped negotiate a cease-fire with Zapatista rebels. He is chair and CEO of Biotechonomy, a research and investment firm helping to fund new genomics firms. The Untied States of America, his latest book, looks at the forces threatening America’s future as a unified country.

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