Alternative Energy Sources I want to discover/work with alternative energy sources. What is the best major to go for in college?

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by RDECOM

Question by dedawheaty: I want to discover/work with alternative energy sources. What is the best major to go for in college?
Other colleges would be helpful…I was wondering if Chemical Engineering would be best, or Environmental Engineering. If there isnt a specific major, what can I combine to give me the best edge on producing alternative energy sources that are specifically geared towards environmentally sound policies. After that, I also want to open up my own consulting firm for companies who want to make their factories more environmentally friendly. I am just wondering what’s the best tract to go for.

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Answer by Dave
Biochemistry

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Green Solutions What green solutions do you have to receive large pizza deliveries?

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Question by fibs99: What green solutions do you have to receive large pizza deliveries?
We were just at an event where 40 pizza’s were delivered. They were each in their own cardboard box. In under an hour we were throwing out 40 pizza boxes. The recyclers don’t want contaminated cardboard.We ended up tearing the clean tops off to recycle and trashing the greasy bottoms. Does anyone have a reusable container that holds several at once? Any ideas here?
I was thinking along the line of a rack that holds 5 pizzas. I could wash it and drop off the day before our delivery. Then just wash and keep it until next time. Maybe even negotiate a better price by keeping the pizza shop’s overhead down.

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Answer by Nelda
And the winner is ….
Joe Schuemberoff

Congratulations Joe.

Tell me Joe. How did you invent something as useful as a pizza box that doesn’t get greasy?

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Green Building Materials Sustainable and also Green Building Materials?

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Question by : Sustainable and also Green Building Materials?
And also, would a wood frame or a steel frame for a house be better? And a website link would be helpful, too. Thanks!

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Answer by Stacy
A sustainable building, or green building is an outcome of a design philosophy which focuses on increasing the efficiency of resource use — energy, water, and materials — while reducing building impacts on human health and the environment during the building’s lifecycle, through better siting, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and removal.[1] Though green building is interpreted in many different ways, a common view is that they should be designed and operated to reduce the overall impact of the built environment on human health and the natural environment by:

Efficiently using energy, water, and other resources
Protecting occupant health and improving employee productivity
Reducing waste, pollution and environmental degradation[2]
A similar concept is natural building, which is usually on a smaller scale and tends to focus on the use of natural materials that are available locally.[3] Other related topics include sustainable design, green architecture, and energy efficient buildings.

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Green Companies What is the projected economic growth of green companies?

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by Bernt Rostad

Question by The 411: What is the projected economic growth of green companies?
What is the projected trend?

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Answer by Santa Barbara
The projected trend is for green companies to grow as the government restrictions increase and green building and green ways become more prevalent.

I would draw it a slope starting at the left and moving upward to the right.

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