Dear Chris, First of all, I worked for twenty years for a major petroleum company and prior to that a major electric and natural gas utility in energy conservation but also selling natural gas contracts, large merchant power plants and how can I say that I am better than anyone. I am not. So you and I are in great company.
Second, as a former swing shift mechanic and college grad, there is not such thing as lower. As a matter of fact, I am now a "very underemployed" Executive MBA, with BA in Bioscience, AA in General Ed and Foresty, Certificate in Urban & Regional Planning, and two years Electrical Engineer wondering what the heck I am doing at age 47 years after getting laid off with a so-called buyout package. I am now "consulting" :) Which really means I wish I would have stuck to my original plan and become the best automotive mechanic because I was a very happy man with my toolbox and satisfying my customers by immediately fixing their car problems. How about if I work for you and learn glass blowing for scientific instruments? :) Since I got involved in solar and live in NorCal, I will send you another link. Phillip Wolfe --- chris davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello to all- > I have been receiving and reading the biofuel digest > for a couple of months now,and have really begun to > value the wealth of information that is connected to > it.I could condsider myself a 'newbie' in the field > of renewables (1-2 years of growing interest), and > could be classified as part of the 'interested > public'. I am now seeking some information on > possible paths of education for a career in some > sort of renewables.As of now I don't have much more > than a high school diploma,but have a lot of > mechanical apptitude.I live in northern > California,and I think that Solar is an interesting > field,and it has been growing considerably in the > last few years. What I am wondering,is if anyone > has some good suggestions on where to start.Should I > just try to get in at a lower level, i.e. > installations; or first get some technical > experience in say, electrical work.This would be > while I am carrying on with my current work-which > unfortunately consumes fossil fuels (natural gas -I > am a scientific > glassblower). Or should I just go for the gusto, > and get a full college education, in some broader > field of work - that would enable me to be somewhere > in renewables.Please help, it is harder than you > think being hypocritical in my line of work and in > thinking. Thanks- Chris > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
