Students Enroll in Green Jobs Training in Hopes of Capitalizing on Next Economic Boom
Amanda Worley
A group of students eyeing the alternative fuels in small bottles, are the first of many considering green jobs at Los Angeles Trade and Technical College in Southern California.Across the country, hundreds of thousands of students, those with jobs and those in search of good work, are now "greening" their skill set in hopes of competing for a host of environmentally friendly jobs, from electricians and metal workers to environmental scientists.
Professor Guerra teaches "Diesel Technology," a class she hopes will become part of the green work force, where she instructs the fine points of biofuels. Some of the most promising money-makers are in the fields of wind power development and manufacturing, solar power, fuel cells (low polluters which generate electrical power quietly and efficiently) and, of course, biofuels.
Experts predict renewable energy and energy efficiency industries could create as many as 37 million jobs – a business that may just drive the U.S. economy right out of the ditch and give students at technical colleges like this one food on the table. After President Barack Obama's pledge this week to renew the U.S. economy and jump-start the nation's clean energy future, it's a job outlook that's pretty bright.
Students like Jessica are eagerly searching for green opportunities such as these; "I'm looking for something that really aligns with who I am and what I want to be doing in the world.”
It is with these advancements that I am looking forward to green expansion. We are at the end of the road. Our oil and coal are at the peak of carrying capacity. We have depleted what was given to us and have nothing substantial to carry the need.
The only problem is we are already in debt and starting these big projects means spending a lot of money the government doesn’t have.
"I believe that the government has to solve the credit crisis before it can tackle the green economy," Beadle said. "I mean it's a fundamental underlining all industry; not just green industry."
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/CEOProfiles/story?id=6776641&page=1
1 comment:
I agree with the statement that says the credit crisis should be fixed first but waiting on going green, and focusing all our power on it, should not be far too far in the future.
The agenda of President Obama's office includes a very large area filled with going green goals such as getting 1 million electric hybrids on our roads as well as cutting our reliance on nonrenewable energy usage in the country by 80%. These goals should be a close 2nd to fixing the economy, simply because these days no money means no change. Usually.
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