There's an inevitable slowdown in venture capital investing and that's not good news for Silicon Valley nor the Cleantech start-ups. Last quarter VC activity was about one-third of the same quarter last year. While economists claim there's plenty of capital around, the investments being made are more cautious. In the UK one nationalized bank has begun to turn away investors because they can't handle the inflow of money from private bank accounts. Ireland has now guaranteed ALL DEPOSITS in all Irish banks. That's the level on insecurity abroad. In that atmosphere VC moves will inevitably be reduced and more conservative. As redcnetly as two weeks ago the MSM found Siliocn Valley untouched by the Wall Street and Washington fiascoes. Not... ...