How to pronounce "2000"

First, the coursework at Caltech.

Then, when I graduated from Caltech, the IBM PC came out,

and I got addicted to the IBM PC in 1981.

And then in 1983, Lotus 1-2-3 came out,

and I was completely blown away by Lotus 1-2-3.

I began operating my business with 1-2-3, began writing add-ins for 1-2-3,

wrote a natural language interface to 1-2-3.

I started an educational software company after I joined Lotus,

and then I started Idealab so I could have a roof

under which I could build multiple companies in succession.

Much later -- in 2000, very recently -- the new California energy crisis --

what was purported to be a big energy crisis -- was coming.

And I was trying to figure out

if we could build something that would capitalize on that

and get people backup energy, in case the crisis really came.

And I started looking at how we could build battery backup systems

that could give people five hours, 10 hours, maybe even a full day,

or three days' worth of backup power.

I'm glad you heard earlier today, batteries are unbelievably --

lack density compared to fuel.

So much more energy can be stored with fuel than with batteries.