Welch had said earlier that he believes "humanity's best hope is cheaper clean technology, mass-deployed".
Instead, the book suggests the best policies would be investment in clean technology research and development, and more climate engineering development work.
Wind Power Kites are an example of the innovative renewable clean technology that Oregon's BEST Program funds, pairing universities with companies.
Marty Irwin, director of the Indiana Center for Coal Technology Research at Purdue University, praised gasification as a clean technology, saying: "This is the best way to extract the maximum amount of energy out of a pile of coal with the least amount of emissions.
But subsidizing clean technology in a big way is probably the single best way to create jobs in the long run.
For investors like Hemant Taneja, a managing director with General Catalyst Partners who invested in several clean technology companies during the run-up of investor interest, the best approach to energy is one that takes into account renewables and hydrocarbons.
What Berlin has been able to do by clustering clean technology businesses together is nothing short of remarkable and I look forward to working with Adlershof and sharing best practices in the future.
Clean technology is changing the game.
Beijing is about to do the same with clean technology.
The odds can be especially brutal in clean technology.
