More important, it highlights an unappreciated implication of a solar-powered economy: The end of the oil age will not necessarily bring an end to the ugly geopolitics, resource wars and national rivalries that oil created.
Students interested in pursuing VTIP jobs will have to meet certain curriculum, grade and age requirements, but will benefit from a database to be used as the "centralized resource" for the program, said Secretary of Technology Donald Upson, who is also commission chairman.