Entrepreneurship, not the government, will produce green jobs

The green building industry is one aspect of the economy that may be relatively recession-proof.

Some Bright Spots In The Job Market

It is not all doom and gloom in the American job market. It is a good time to have skills as a pharmacist, an engineer, a nurse, and a veterinarian. Everyone just needs to keep their eyes and ears open for opportunity. Typically, when one door closes, another door opens.

One Trillion Dollars

What does 1 trillion dollars look like? Click here for a visual representation. The example begins with the lowly 100 dollar bill. Kind of puts things in perspective, huh?

Tesla Roadster Road Test

Wired magazine gets the privilege to test drive the Tesla Roadster. They liked it but stated that the owners will need to learn to drive a bit differently due to some characteristics of the electric motor and drive train. The only thing that really bugged the Wired guy was the lack of noise. They suggested a 'space sound generator' that mimics the sound of a V-8 engine.

Swedish Solar Car Runs on Fool's Gold

Koenigsegg of Sweden has developed a concept electric car that uses solar energy via pyrite (fool's gold), due to it's tremendous photovoltaic properties, that has a range of 300 miles and can recharge in 20 minutes. It is being shown at the Geneva Motor Show.

Flight Patterns

Artist Aaron Koblin has constructed a Google map image representing air traffic over a 24-hr period over the USA. There were 205,000 aircraft tracked on Aug. 12, 2008.

This is amazing!

Here is a comment left by a viewer on the Wired page:

"near the day of purification cobwebs will be spun back and forth in the sky"- Hopi prophecy

Solar Panel Drops to $1 per Watt

An Arizona solar panel firm announced that the manufacturing costs for its thin-film photovoltaic panels has dipped below $1 for the first time. Comparable panels are in the $3 range. Don't expect it to get much cheaper any time soon. Even with this success, the company and many of its competitors are taking hits in the markets.

Some long-term thinking and research is needed and it needs to start now. It will not be cheap but it will be much more costly if we wait.