Who is EAI ?

This post is a part of my CLIMATE CONUNDRUM Series. See all posts in this series here – https://lnkd.in/gKGi53Eu India wants to produce EVs, CNG and biofuels for vehicles at the same time If you carefully listen to Indian policy makers, you will realize that they are keen on promoting...

This post is a part of my CLIMATE CONUNDRUM Series. See all posts in this series here https://lnkd.in/gKGi53Eu Biomass is a distributed source of energy. Is that an opportunity or a problem? There is one thing about fossil fuels that makes them incredibly useful – they are concentrated in large...

  This post is a part of my CLIMATE CONUNDRUM Series. See all posts in this series here https://lnkd.in/gKGi53Eu China sells over 30 million electric bicycles a year Driven by a mix of Chinese government mandates and low cost electric bicycles, about 32 million electric bicycles were sold in the...

This post is a part of my CLIMATE CONUNDRUM Series. See all posts in this series here https://lnkd.in/gKGi53Eu Engineers screwed the environment. Why are we letting them lead the unscrewing? The title is deliberately provocative, but let me explain. The year is 1800. Pre industrial world. Global population: 1 billion...

We are just a (very small) dot… Didier Queloz – Nobel Prize winner, physics, 2019 – https://lnkd.in/gqzZtTdB That’s him in the picture below, pointing to a very small dot…which is we, the earth, in the solar system. Not in an imposing position, are we? An engrossing 2 hours of a...

Should Tim Cook cut down new iPhone launches to reduce emissions? A large portion of a smartphone’s lifecycle carbon footprint is in its production – could be as high as 80%. Which implies that, if all smartphones were to be used for twice the number of years as they are...

 150+ Indian Climate Startup Snapshots CLIMAFIX launches a curated, complimentary climate startup guide India – as is rest of world – is agog with climate tech innovators and startups. From insignificant numbers just a few years back, India has over 3000 startups in the field of climate solutions – Renewable...

While researching many successful Indian climate tech startups for our upcoming CLIMAFIX India Climate Startup Summit (Nov 25/26, 2022, Chennai, 200+ climate tech startups expected, organized along with IIT Madras – https://lnkd.in/gNnGzhG5), I also came across stories of dozens of startups shutting shop in the past five years (estimates suggest...

Are VCs short-sighted in their climate tech startup valuations? A few days back I had written a brief post on how even in today’s situation where climate tech is red hot, the valuations of climate tech firms appear to be mediocre compared to their mass market cousins (TikTok, Shein…) –...

Welcoming Suhas Baxi of Biofuel Circle to CLIMAFIX Summit 2022, India’s largest climate startup summit, 200+ startups, Nov 25 & 26, Chennai – https://lnkd.in/gNnGzhG5 . Co-organized with Energy Consortium – IIT Madras. Solar and wind power are the cynosure of all eyes in the renewable energy energy, but neither can...