Welcome to Seattle Industry Online

This is the debut issue of Seattle Industry Online, a web site that supplements the printed version of Seattle Industry magazine. Our goal is to bring you both in-depth coverage and timely information about the people, businesses, trends and issues that drive industry in Seattle and the Greater Pacific Northwest. The website includes additional stories about topics in the magazine, back issues, special reports and access to the weekly Seattle Industry news bulletin. The site is being developed. Let us know if you have a suggestions or corrections. (Email me)

Green Industrial Business & Career Expo October 10, 2008 Puget Sound Industrial Excellence Center & the Westin Hotel in Seattle Greener trucks, greener airplanes, greener tugs, greener electricity, the scum of the earth and other renewable energy resources.  Learn all about it at the Expo on October 10. Energy Geothermal Gusher in Alaska Bernie Karl found renewable energy riches while prospecting for gold in the Alaska bush. Northwest Industrial Index X Marks the Spot - April 08 Update This edition of the online publication provides more detail of our 2008 Manufacturing Survey in "X Marks the Spot". Boom Next Door Roots Enrich Us All This article looks at cultural aspects of Canadian export opportunities. Alaska & Canada Polar Bears: Up Close and Personal According to Alaska state officials, the polar bear is one of thirty Alaskan creatures that are now being pushed for endangered species status based on long range potential impacts of global warming.

At 165 degrees F, a cup of coffee is just cool enough to sip. But, at 165 degrees, water is also hot enough to generate commercial-grade electricity. Most experts believe this is impossible, but water that cool is generating electricity 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at a resort in the Alaskan bush. This power system is the product of a dream by a former gold prospector, oil field mechanic and North Slope entrepreneur named Bernie Karl who may have helped to expand the world’s capacity to tap into enormous amounts of clean electricity dirt cheap.

The Chena Hot Springs geothermal power system will be a featured exhibit at the first-ever Green Industrial Business and Career Expo in Seattle on October 10, 2008. Learn more about the Expo here, Bernie and the Chena Hot Springs geothermal system here.