Kick Start Research and Innovation in Energy
Double the # of engineers who graduate from American universities each year to 60K. Bring more women into the field, encourage foreigners who study engineering here to stay.
We train foreign nationals, invest in them, and then make them go home. I would staple a green card to their diploma.
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teriktm
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we need new definitions - and new paradigms.
we can think - and work - our way out of this crisis with innovative programs that promote sustainable growth -
citizenkahn
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Amory Lovins, at the Rocky Mountain institute, is right we can grow out economy by greening it. From standard efficiency programs to process engineering we need to rethink to make the most desirable products and services that use the least resources. The earth wins, our economy wins because the economy is the environment
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caross
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America is falling behind... we need to focus our incredible resource of brainpower in this country to move forward in energy technologies.
All that is needed is funding, look at the XPrize and the amazing strides those programs have made.
Imagine what could have been done with all the money, wasted in war, that could be putting us well ahead of the rest of the world on Energy independence.
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jlaprise
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This should not be limited strictly to energy. By focusing so, it is likely that synergistic technologies that make possible advances in energy technology will be missed. Modern advanced, complex technologies are made possibleby advances in a variety of fields.
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cmheisel commented
This ought to be our No. 1 priority backed by partners, such as IEEE, all Engineering schools, all high tech companies, etc.
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dcoleman
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Good old Jon Doerr (I truly hope it was really him who recommended this one). We need this strategy badly and must redirect government agencies like DARPA to focus on a geo-political mandate of research in renewable energy rather than a in combat mandate.