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Bill Joy, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, is building a $50 million yacht — an eco-friendly 190-footer named Ethereal — to be the most efficient, eco-friendly boat afloat.
Joy, who is now a venture capitalist at Silicon Valley venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, apparently told Fortune (flip through the glossy pages here; you’ll have to go to page 82 for the full thing) he wants it to be an ambassador for the “green tech” he and his new firm are championing. Pesky light-bulbs, for example, will be designed to use as little light as possible. Lithium-ion batteries will be used for lower, steadier power.
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