Vision....

Today was a great day . I talked to Mark B. Mitskovski. He is an expert in the field of Renewable and Wind power energy. I heard that he is a visionary.

I always wanted to know how visionaries are?
what do they sound like?
what are their thoughts?
How they explain and convince their vision to their audience?
How they connect their vision to a greater purpose ?

I got most of these answers when I talked to him for over 40 minutes. I realized that he is not only a visionary but an individual with a coaching style who believes in sharing knowledge.He works mostly with renewable energy sector, and understands the problem that 60% of this country is facing in terms of old infrastructure, cables, towers, transformers.

Computer industry has been revolutionized and everyday so many people work on improving the efficiency of a chip which is 1/6th size of our cell phones, wireless industry has seen great development in last decade, better food products (or should I say unhealthy?) are out and at least they are easy to cook and mostly ready to eat and yes Infrastructure - We have so much of it that 30% of it lies vacant in cities like Buffalo( It is the 2nd largest city in New York !!!!). Note that I am talking about the commodities without which we can not think of living another day.What is missing????


Yeah you got it right..electricity!!! U.S still has the infrastructure that was raised 50 years back, cable lines are becoming more and more inefficient, renewable sources like windmills are evolving and growing but still account for only 11.4% of the U.S electricity consumption.This is where Mark sees loss and equal opportunity. As per him a snow storm in 2007 led to power shut down in Western New york for couple of days. It was because of the leached old power lines and the towers that can not withstand wind of moderate magnitude.Ummmm yeah it sounds like a problem ....and that is where Mark's vision lies. Another snow storm or a climatic disaster of higher magnitude can completely ruin the power infrastructure , and do harm beyond repair. In these poor economic times no one is sure when government will allocate budget for the up gradation of electricity and power resources but yes if left unattended it can prove to be disastrous.

Note: Above article reflects my understanding of Mark's thought.