In this ever evolving world of technology we take some things for granted. Let’s discuss for a minute the future of Energy, Energy consumption and Energy generation. As we continue to pay increased prices for Energy (fuel, electricity ect…) we have to take some things into consideration. Now let me remind you that I am not an expert by any means in any of the content that I blog about, I simply have thoughts on how and why things are happening the way they are and at the time they are happening.
We often hear about how we have known for some time about how hydrogen power systems. How the electric vehicles have been around for some time. Solar power is way too expensive for the average home owner to install on their house. If we have known about some of this for a while then why have we not implemented it into the main stream quicker?
Many countries depend on oil from other parts of the world. These countries that sell the oil depend on that sale of oil for their economy. If changes to the worlds dependency on oil happens at a sharp rate it could result in a negative economic impact. The rate at which the world backs off its dependency on oil needs to happen in a controlled manor so that negative affects are avoided as much as possible. Solar power is great, I hear so many good things about it. If solar systems were so cheap to install everyone would do it in a heartbeat. Right? Well, if everyone went out and installed solar panels on their home and eliminated the need for oil and coal power over night, that drastic dependency change on the oil and coal would have negative effects for those economies depending on the sale. In turn the individuals that work in those industries would experience a sudden change and maybe lose their jobs in addition to many other factors.
Hybrid / Hydrogen vehicles are making a big hit and will continue to increase in popularity for years to come. If we made such a sudden change to the automotive industry where as over a short period of time we no longer required the volume of fuel that we currently do, that change would also have an impact on other economies around the world. It simply cannot happen overnight if you think about ever aspect of the industry. The thought might occur that gas stations around the world would no longer be required. What would happen if all these gas stations went away over night? They couldn’t. Maybe you’re thinking that these gas stations should be converted to hydrogen filling stations? Not a bad idea but again, a conversion to hydrogen could not happen over night. Now switch it around a bit and think about this from the perspective of the mechanics that work on the vehicles. We have new technology in these vehicles that will require the technicians that perform maintenance and work on the vehicles. These mechanics will require a skill set that allows them to work on the hybrid or hydrogen powered vehicles, which will come over time.
What we will see continue to happen will be various solutions used to generate energy deployed through out the world. From large wind farm systems that may power cities and vertical farms in rural areas to solar towers that provide power to cities and homes closer to desert areas. It makes sense to implement a larger number of smaller scale systems so that we are no longer dependant on a one type of energy. The systems implemented in the different areas will vary depending on the environment. All of this will bring new job opportunities for the communities surrounding. Now keep in mind that I am not only talking about the US here, but all countries around the world. If you consider that scale then the work opportunities only increase as engineers, R&D, training as well as many other skill-sets will be required.
I did allot of rambling on in this one, I’ll circle back to this later run spell check and all that good stuff…
