Declining Energy and National Survival15 Sep

At a minimum, a super power requires two assets to maintain its position, both economically and geopolitically. These are money and energy. As for the former, the United States is broke, and in the latter case, there are several unresolved issues that require large-scale cooperative efforts involving the Government, industry, universities and banking:

  • Dwindling supply of indigenous crude oil
  • Limited growth of renewable energy technologies due to cost
  • Domination of renewable technologies by countries with national energy development plans
  • Aging electric grid
  • Potentially unsafe nuclear power plants operating beyond their expected lifetimes
  • Limited indigenous uranium reserves
  • Questionable supply of natural gas from shale
  • Potentially unsafe hydraulic fracturing methods to produce shale gas
  • Lobbying by oil and gas companies for their own interests

So far, the Obama administration has failed to recognize these issues and propose a comprehensive plan.

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About Dr. Everson

Prior to forming this autonomous vehicle consultant practice, Dr. Jeffrey Everson was director of business development for QinetiQ North America’s Technology Solutions Group (previously Foster-Miller, Inc.).

Dr. Everson has been the principal investigator for collision warning systems for automobiles and inner-city transit buses. These programs were awarded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). For his work on developing a collision warning system for inner-city transit buses, Everson was the first U.S. Department of Transportation contractor to win an SBIR Tibbetts Award.

Previously Dr. Everson held senior scientist positions at Battelle Memorial Institute, The Analytic Sciences Corporation (TASC), Honeywell Electro Optics Systems Division, and Itek Optical Systems Division.

He holds a PhD in physics from Boston College and a MS/BS in physics from Northeastern University.

Contact

For more information about how JHEverson Consulting can help your company with autonomous vehicles, please contact Jeff Everson.

JHEverson Consulting is based in the Boston area but consults for clients throughout North America.