Reply #14: In another life I could be in Africa

[ozone_man]

maybe working on renewable energy for off grid power systems or working on renewable energy R&D. Half of our company is biomedical, so that is rewarding, but some is in areas that I would say don't improve the overall quality of life.

Back in college I was planning to get into solar cell R&D, but the funding for renewable energy was insufficient. I like many other EE's worked in semiconductor technology for companies like IBM, or in aerospace or biomedical.

My wife is a teacher, so that balances things out some.

In general though, we should move toward a society that makes things that have social value, less defense spending and more money in sustainable energy, and recycling technology.