Conservation is one thing that Khosla refuses to talk about.

Anyone who has run the numbers knows, beyond any doubt, that biofuels cannot replace the amount of petroleum we use now - let alone coal and gas.  That road leads to skyrocketing prices and massive bankruptcy.  It's as if they want the American public to go the wrong way until they collapse under debt and expenses.

The super-wealthy might have some scheme to benefit from this (like becoming a de jure as well as de facto ruling oligarchy?), but it scares me silly.

Anybody thinking about ethanol and other biofuels should read "The Old Man and the Oil." These are the experiences of Takeo Kurita, vice admiral of the former Imperial Japanese Navy.