ClaimsVinod Khosla

“I am convinced we can do it with oil.”

Vinod Khosla, venture capitalist, interviewee 28 September 2007 Interviews - Vinod Khosla (Frontline Heat) (PBS Frontline)

Prediction Economics and markets

Khosla said he was convinced that green technologies can be made cheaper than oil, describing this as his goal while noting he may or may not be successful at it.

Unresolvable The public record could not settle it.

Prediction: Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?

Reasoning

Prediction with no horizon and vague terms.

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Vinod Khosla, “Khosla said he was convinced that green technologies can be made cheaper than oil, describing this as his goal while noting he may or may not be successful at it.” (said 28 September 2007). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_1765ade96acb, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_1765ade96acb

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  3. Resolved false Prediction 28 September 2007
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  4. Mostly true Prediction 28 September 2007
    “It would probably add about 2 cents a kilowatt hour to the price of coal, depending upon the price of carbon.”

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  5. Mostly true Prediction 28 September 2007
    “Not only that, even if Germany switched over completely to photovoltaics, unless India and China adopted them, we are not going to see a change in the trajectory of climate change.”

    Even if Germany switched completely to photovoltaics, climate change's trajectory will not change unless India and China also adopt them.

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