The writing on the wall is pretty clear. Alternative energy and our national dependence on foreign oil is a hot button, highly contentious political issue. Between T Boone Pickens’ plan, Al Gore’s “We” campaign, the numerous “coalitions” for clean coal, and the pressure to drill offshore, it’s nearly impossible to turn on the TV and [...]
Entries from September 2008
Congressional inaction, no alt-energy plan yet
September 27th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: · coal, congress, energy plans, inaction, market, nuclear, policy, solar, wind
Tesla to build new facility in San Jose, CA
September 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Just a short post on this, but it looks like San Jose has won a major new “green” business here in the valley with the announcement that Tesla Motors will be building a new factory and office park here in the Silicon Valley. Funny enough, professor Bruce Olszewski was mentioned in the Spartan Daily (the [...]
Tags: · california, electric car, san jose, tesla, Transportation
Green Careers
September 17th, 2008 · No Comments
With all the chat these days about green jobs, I’m surprised at how hard and dispersed it is to actually find them! Surely the career websites have keyed in to the phrase “green collar” workers, and want to give us a website, right?
Well, turns out I may have stumbled across one that I saw advertised [...]
Tags: · Career, green collar, monster.com
The Alt-Energy Job Hunt Begins!
September 15th, 2008 · No Comments
I’m back from a short hiatus (a little vacation combined with some pressure to ensure that all my classes got lined up for the semester at San Jose State caused it). Now the real pressure is on - to find the best alternative energy company to join!
The criteria is actually fairly simple: I’m looking for [...]
Tags: · Career, careerbuilder.com, energy, job, solar