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RECRUITING TRENDS ENERGY: THAT’S WHERE THE JOBS ARE
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n March 15, 2013, President Barack Obama visited the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois to unveil a $2 billion plan to bolster battery and transportation research and development.
At the event, he spoke about the many ways his administra- tion and U.S. organizations are exploring to lessen fossil fuel dependence and create jobs for STEM specialists like you.
The president said, “We can support scientists who are de- signing new engines that are more energy efficient; support scientists that are developing cheaper batteries that can go farther on a single charge; support scientists and engineers that are devising new ways to fuel our cars and trucks with new sources of clean energy—like advanced biofuels and natural gas—so drivers can one day go coast to coast without using a drop of oil.”
In concert with President Obama’s declaration, 2013 public, nonprofit and private organizations have made predictions about their industries that bode well for STEM students in energy and energy-related majors and graduate programs.
Electric Vehicles: The Future is Now reported that GE Capital Americas, which makes commercial loans, reports the automo- tive and supplier industries will benefit from more corporations purchasing “a mix of traditional, alternative fuel and electric cars and trucks. Experts will be required to design, create new technologies, build, and test those vehicles and all their energy- saving component parts, and to measure and lower their impact on greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption.
The oil and gas industry underpins many businesses that pro- duce plastics—overwhelmingly refined from petroleum—coat- ings and chemicals.
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) said in its Shale Gas and New Petrochemicals Investment: Benefits for the Economy, Jobs and U.S. Manufacturing report that the 100-year natural gas supply from shale deposits “would generate $132 billion in U.S. economic output and $4.4 billion in new annual tax revenues.”
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