Energy and high-tech
I've written earlier about energy crops and technologies used to develop them. Biomass (bioenergy), solar, wind...we need better efficiency in order to make them happen, and make them happen soon.
Materials technology is one area that has been looked into for development of alternative energy, or more accurately, efficient alternatives energy. For example, if silicon can be made a few microns thick for light-trapping techniques and if scalability becomes very promising, the price will possibility plunge. Even a semiconductor company such as Applied Materials has started out making thin-films for infrared coatings on windows.
Energy will become increasingly high-tech, generation and use. Capital should also be invested to power engineering, such as DC conversion and transmission technologies - related to effeciencies. There are also longer-term things like fusion or nuclear fuel recycling, carbon sequestration - especially after combustion in coal plants. Don't overlook these - there are just so much happening in technology of energies.
Materials technology is one area that has been looked into for development of alternative energy, or more accurately, efficient alternatives energy. For example, if silicon can be made a few microns thick for light-trapping techniques and if scalability becomes very promising, the price will possibility plunge. Even a semiconductor company such as Applied Materials has started out making thin-films for infrared coatings on windows.
Energy will become increasingly high-tech, generation and use. Capital should also be invested to power engineering, such as DC conversion and transmission technologies - related to effeciencies. There are also longer-term things like fusion or nuclear fuel recycling, carbon sequestration - especially after combustion in coal plants. Don't overlook these - there are just so much happening in technology of energies.
posted by tigerfish @ 11:40 PM
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