alternative fuel majors?
I’m currently in the process of looking for a university to attend. I’m thinking of majoring in alternative fuels, but im having a hard time finding majors that would encompass this. the closet i could find was biotechnology but that sounds like its more about medicine than alternative fuel. Could anyone help me out?
Engineering gives you the broadest range of career choices. You could work for wind, hydro, solar or gerthermal energy companies.
With a degree in chemistry you could work for a battery company, researching and developing battery chemistry.
IMO its a pretty much an unexplored frontier. I’m a big bio diesel buff myself, and almost everyone I talk to seems to know nothing about the stuff. I’m taking a class at my community college called "a survey of alternative energy", and my professor is pretty sketchy on that matter. At this point I sincerely believe that a guy with a Volkswagen, a 100 gallon tank, the right chemicals, and some left over vegetable oil could write THE book on bio diesel.
The most I can do for you is point you in a somewhat helpful direction. Shell is starting to build plants in cities where they sell bio fuels to everyday people. In my area, some utility companies are using algae to filter their plant’s emissions and turn it into bio fuels. APS (Arizona Public Service) is one that I’m familiar with who does this. Maybe you can contact them and they could help you more. Good luck.
Biotechnology had been a useful tool in this kind of field, Biotechnology is technology based on biology, agriculture, food science, and medicine.
chemical engineer is the best major. Next a mechanical engineer. Most bio fuels plants in operation today are designed and ran by people with degrees in these two. There is nothing biological in play in making biofuels, the plants are simple chemical plants.