Hey all, my name is Alexander (Alex) Kwong and, like Morgan, I am also an Urban Environmental Politics major. Though I am still new to the department and its curriculum, I find that I am interested in alternative energy sources and their meaningful application to our current society. For instance, last year, I studied algae biofuels and learned that crude oil makes up roughly 50% of algae's weight. Imagine! Algae is dismissed as pond-scum, as slimy goo. But, what if scientists could find a way to efficiently extract their oil content? Some analysts predict that they could lower the cost of gasoline to under $20 a barrel.
But as I've learned, society cannot wait on any one technological fix, like algae biofuels, to save the planet. Instead, I think that it is important for people to become aware that environmental change requires incremental steps and the collaboration of many different people and interests.
So here we are. A group of "green" minded college kids, if you will, trying to gain that awareness for ourselves.
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