Got your attention right? That Motley Fool Headline got mine too.

That article is aimed at investors -- as most of the site is -- but cleantech entrepreneurs can also take comfort in its words. You see, writer Jack Uldrich encapsulated John Doerr's speech at the TED conference. So what did the high profile, not to mention successful, venture capitalist have to say?

He laid out a four step plan that may rain fortunes down on cleantech players.

First, Doerr said, the U.S. government should adopt a mandatory goal of reducing greenhouse gas 25% by 2010. This is an ambitious goal, and in an election year, I don't think its proposal is likely. Nevertheless, some controls are coming. Investors can profit by learning which companies are ahead of the curve and positioning themselves to benefit from government mandates.

Catch the rest of the steps here. Yeah, some are painfully obvious, and the stock market been beating up on stocks lately (green and non-green alike). But coming from a man that was on the ground floor of some of the most lucrative technology venture, it's worth a read.