Posted: August 23, 2007 |
Nanotechnology for the hybrid-SUV generation |
(Nanowerk News) Dietram Schaeufele, over at the nanopublic blog has posted a spot on commentary on the current gold rush in the U.S. to cash in on clean nanotechnologies.
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"U.S. firms and Forbes's "Wolfe Nanotech Report" finally discovered what European firms have known for a while. People like saving the environment ... as long as it doesn't impact their lifestyle. And nanotechnology provides a variety of new applications for the often hypocritical Hybrid-SUV generation."
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Schaeufele quotes at length from the latest Forbes/Wolfe Nanotechnology Report. Here's an interesting fact: "Potential clean-tech investors also need to be aware that foreign governments are funding their domestic clean-tech initiatives at a much faster pace than the U.S., with the Asia/Pacific region representing 38% of the pie, followed by Europe and, in third place, the U.S. That means that in addition to competing with large domestic incumbents, U.S. start-ups must also contend with foreign competitors backed by government programs. Notable examples are solar energy in Germany, fuel cells in South Korea and high-performance batteries in Japan."
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Read the full commentary on the nanopublic site.
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