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      "text": "Robert Rapier has some biofuel expertise and has referred to Khosla Ventures' biofuel efforts as \"a debacle, with billions of investor dollars and tax dollars flushed down the toilet. What Khosla didn't appreciate is that he isn't smarter than the people in the oil industry.\" Rapier suggests that Khosla has not had a single success in the advanced biofuels arena, defined as \"economically producing biofuels at scale.\" – Greentech Media 1/8/2016",
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