Wednesday, November 10, 2010

What is hot?

Renewable energy! Hybrids! Solar and wind!

All the best and brightest minds are working feverishly to make these new energy solutions work. The kind of brains that gave us the nuclear bomb and nuclear power plants, the internet, personal computers, the mouse, software, and hardware have been updated. Look to the men and women who have electrical engineering degrees to lead the technical vanguard.

The new version of those brains are working out how to make photovoltaic panels out of clear glass panels. They are closer than ever before.

Thousands of megawatts of solar plants are in design, under construction, and even more thousands are being sought be governments of oil starved third world countries.  Countries where there is little oil but where there is abundant sunshine are scorchers in the summertime. Those countries increasingly need to have "factories" where knowledge workers can be educated and trained. Without a/c it won't work.

Imagine if all the glass tower windows in Singapore could generate electricity....

Drive through the pass west of Palm Springs. It's suicide for low flying birds!  But awesome for a/c users in Palm Springs.

Renewable energy has the "big mo." That's big momentum.

And my recently graduated step daughter agrees. If you are looking to get with a hot growing trend get on this one and ride it for the next decade.

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