Green Trends & Engineering

The auto show in Washington, D.C., this week is serving as an indicator of what is driving new automobile technology, according to The Wall Street Journal.

This year’s headline for the auto show is “The Automotive Seat of Power.” The article details the struggles of the automobile industry to produce new technology cars, such as electric and diesel, at a cost that will attract consumers.

Read the full article for more on the challenges involved with engineering “green cars.”

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A recent news report by KGO-TV San Francisco, CA, discusses a new trend of “Utah recruiters coming to the Bay Area looking for experienced engineers willing to make a move” out of California.

With the current unemployment rate at 12.4 percent in California, companies looking to hire engineers are showing up at job fairs looking to hire.

According to the story, the Air Force is one of the major players in recruiting California engineers for jobs in Utah. See the video report

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This week, The New York Times reported on a recent study about algae production in the journal Environmental Science and Technology.

The report “suggests that algae production is energy intensive and can end up emitting more greenhouse gases than it sequesters.”
According to the lead author on the paper, this is due to the use of fertilizers.

The author also noted that algae “grows atop water and does not compete with food crops for land space.” Advocates of algae biofuel have responded to the report by saying that algae fuel “is in developmental stages” and it is too early to make energy-related predictions. Read more

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