A deficit in jobs, or surplus in graduates, is especially troublesome for unemployed and underemployed young people that need lower levels of debt and higher salaries to make it in the new normal economy. Read more →
Tag: Ed Sappin
10 Reasons to be Thankful if You Live in the United States
It’s been a rough year, a rough month, a rough week. Police shooting minorities, police being shot; Brexit creating global uncertainty; thousands of people dying in Syria including an uptick in child suicides; another terror attack in France; China vowing to ignore an international tribunal ruling in favor of the Philippines; a US Presidential election where almost nobody really likes… Read more →
Meet The World’s Largest Wind Turbine
Wind power, one the cleanest forms of alternative energy, is great for the environment: it’s plentiful, renewable, uses no water and little land, and is on the rise globally. Wind farms, consisting of many individual wind turbines, are normally used in conjunction with other electricity sources or storage to provide consistent energy. Wind power is playing an increasing part in… Read more →
Promising Bitcoin Alternative Ether Could Power IoT
Similar to Bitcoin, ether is exchanged on a decentralized platform, in this case Ethereum. There, connected devices barter with computing power through blockchains. This could have far-reaching implications for the Internet of Things. Read more →
Technology, Healthcare and Energy or Having a Real Impact Through Scalability
Innovation focused industries vary widely. Developing the next digital healthcare system has little in common with the next generation of wind power turbines. Social media entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley or New York speak a different language from biotechnology companies in Boston. However, the commonality between these varied areas is scalability: if you can reach a wide audience quickly, you will… Read more →
Oil and Gas Prices are Down but Renewables Still have a Bright Future
As Brent crude oil prices hover at $57 and Henry Hub natural gas prices maintain at approximately $2.60 with the summer doldrums coming up, it is good time to be a consumer, industrial or other user of oil and gas. For some, renewable power seems to have lost its shine. Why bother getting solar on your rooftop or buying wind… Read more →