This is wrong in soooo many ways. People are looking to the government to foster innovation? To bail them out? To fill their fridges and bank accounts?
Behold the image of the New America.
Yeah.
Pound sand, Eric.
who will innovate after capital gains taxes are raised? who will use more tech once electricity prices skyrocket?
Delusional.
He's right about energy -- which is why Google is setting up installations to suck up our inexpensive PNW hydroelectic power.
He's right about [dis]trust in government.
But his solutions? Delusional.
I like some of his comments, some form of Nationalism.
“It’s important to say that up front. America is a remarkable place.”
“The objective is to win as a country.”
Liberty and freedom will keep us strong. He didn’t rely on gov’t to create and fund Google. He needs to look at that.
Innovation bailout?
Sure, and get whacked for 50% or more of what they make for taking all of the risks..
Obamamania in full bloom.
“decarbonization” the US?
Why?
That makes zero economic sense. Where are the economic pros and cons of doing such a thing based on any provable fact?
Just another boondoggle for the selected few on the receiving end of more government mandates/control.
What you mean "us"? It's tough to be a billionaire, eh?
I think we need obscene profits tax for snoopy internet firms.
Also known as "The Third Way" or "The Third Position." Where, pray tell, have I heard THAT before?
Tell Congress to Reject the Google Energy Scam!
American’s Want Real Energy Solutions, Not Taxpayer Subsidies for Google
http://capwiz.com/cfif/issues/alert/?alertid=12045076
Schmidt better brush up on Kirchoff’s Laws. There’s a big difference between switching bits with a router and switching hundreds of thousands of volts.
America now has the opportunity to apply the technological principles that created the Internet economy to the nation's energy infrastructure, Schmidt suggested. And what's needed, he believes, is a balance between unfettered capitalism and socialism... Openness is critical for that, he argued. The end-to-end principle that underlies the Internet, the open network, is a must. "It is that openness, the ability that anyone can play ... that drives the modern economy." "Why don't we do the same thing with the energy grid?" he asked. "Isn't it obvious?" Fixing the energy grid to work along these lines, he suggested, is just a design problem, just a matter of will. And doing so will benefit our economy. "Infrastructure is the foundation upon which wealth is created," he insisted.Clueless in Seattle (or wherever this took place). We need ambient temperature superconductors, if possible, which, when used to replace the distribution net, would obviate the need for about 2/3s of our generating capacity, or alternatively, make it possible to bill for three times as much as we move to electric cars.
There are no comments on a free market conservative forum that will convince him of the errors of his ways. He needs a Twilight Zone episode where he is stuck in China and they shut him down.
Then he will understand the error of his ways. It’s the “Christmas Carol” effect.
Hell. We can all use it. I could use it. Show him the Ghost of Christmas Future with him in the Gulag.
This is wrong in soooo many ways. People are looking to the government to foster innovation? To bail them out? To fill their fridges and bank accounts?
Behold the image of the New America.
Yeah.
STFU Schmidt.
Have a cookie.
The left is going to make a power grab for every segment of the economy for the sake of their childish fantasies. Odumbo will go along with the little children in his warped ideological playground.
Scary when a webpage builder thinks he understands energy development. And as far as the private sector not funding R&D! ROTFLMAO! I am in R&D. R&D is the life blood of companies to stay ahead and remain competitive. Maybe he's thinking of GM, Ford, and Chrysler who have the union boat anchor around their necks.
At any rate, he's a fool attempting to lead a revolution of idiots!
Screw Schmidt and Google = Obama’s NSA.
He supported Obama which = socialism as most of the SillyCon Valley Libs support. They like capitalism when they get rich with their stock options but crumbs for the peons.
I hate Google. They will be Obama’s big brother.
Decarbonization? You know how many computers Google uses and how much electricity? More landfills and power plants then you can imagine. I know one hosting facility used by Google and they had thousands of machines.
High tech also is not as green as you think.
Also a lot of Google’s paid searches and search engine fees were considered a scam by some in the know. You paid Google but you never got the hits you paid for. more frauds and scams like their hero O.