Gore urges engineers to address global warming during San Jose visit

[jpak]

http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_5584483?nclick_check=1

Former Vice President and climate activist Al Gore challenged engineers Tuesday to become a key part of the solution to global warming, and at the same time encourage a new generation of Americans to take up the profession.

Gore, whose 2006 film "An Inconvenient Truth" brought national attention to the global warming issue, said the sight of thousands of engineers addressing climate change would alter the way the profession appeals to young people around the country.

"When we undertake that challenge, you will find young people flowing into engineering," he said during an address at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose. "They are desperate to find something larger than themselves" to work on, he said.

Gore took the occasion of the technical conference to warn that the nation must redesign the electrical devices and energy systems it produces to be more energy efficient. There are some scientists who claim the world has as little as 10 years to make major changes before the accumulation of greenhouse gases may be difficult to reverse, he said.

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[oldtime dfl_er]

1. The Embedded Systems Conference?

That's a smart bunch of folks.

http://www.cafepress.com/scarebaby/999005

[AndyTiedye]

2. We Are Working On It

Telecommuting is a big energy-saver, and many of us have been working on technologies to facilitate that.

That also means that we are running the hardware at home, and we tend to notice if it makes our electricity bills go up!