Silicon Valley can lead the green revolution
Can Silicon Valley become a successful pioneer of the Green Revolution?
“I’m absolutely confident that we can,” says futurist Paul Saffo, a technology forecaster. But the valley’s motto might well be “no stupid electrons,” he said.
Silicon Valley has morphed before, frequently while sifting through on the rubble of an earlier failure or crash.
This time it might well remember the difference between a smart electron tunneling through the circuitry of a semiconductor and a dumb one running through the filament of an incandescent light bulb.
“If we made our power electrons smart (those bringing electricity to homes and buildings) that would be a huge win,” Saffo said.
Tesla Motors’ electric cars are an example of this. They get more mileage by using sophisticated electronics. Toyota’s Prius is another; it makes use of a sophisticated computer
