The same thing is being done in Anacortes, WA:

https://www.king5.com/article/tech/anacortes-high-speed-internet-water-pipes/281-e8b55da6-e190-4a54-bfda-d0104291d3f8

https://www.bbcmag.com/community-broadband/anacortes-is-first-city-in-washington-to-become-an-isp

I remember as a kid that when you bought bottled soda, you usually paid a deposit (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_bottle_recycling_in_the_United_States). It seems that recycling deposits should be applied to other things, like batteries.

A few years ago, a Dev went a step further with this, by outsourcing his job (https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-21043693)

This year H1bs were suspended (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/us/politics/trump-h1b-work-visas.html).

Alternate link: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/07/09/business/tech/hideaki-horie-invents-new-battery/

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/25/chain-email/no-there-arent-14000-abandoned-wind-turbines-litte/

Extremely unlikely that these jobs will go offshore:

1. Even unclassified government contract jobs go require citizens or green cards. Classified jobs require citizenship.

2. The Salt Lake City area is lower in cost compared to alternative areas.It already gets companies that want cheaper workers, but needs them in the US.

I would suggest tech schools should follow the Co-op model pioneered by the University of Cincinnati (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative_education). It provides students experience in their fields of study, as well as extra funds.

To quote Hyman Rickover, "Fish Don't Vote!".

The University of Cincinnati Engineering College and several other Engineering Colleges have, for the last century, used the Co-Op model. In this system, students alternate school terms with work at companies. It is generally paid, and is in the student's area of study. It is fairly common in Engineering schools, especially in the Midwest USA.

The idea of building Solar Power Satellites, where solar energy is produced in orbit and beamed back to earth as microwaves, has around since the 1970's. Using spaced-based resources, like an asteroid, is likely to reduce the costs substantially. For more, check-out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-based_solar_power.

That's nothing. We've had Bull Sharks in Minnesota! (http://www.nokomiseast.org/yard/light/creeksharks.html)

Actually, the Government will pay for this. The money will come out of the "Federal Buildings Fund". It is collected from "rent" the GSA is paid by Federal Agencies that use federal facilities.

This is not necessarily original. Douglas Lenat used EURISKO (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurisko) to win the Traveler RPG (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveller_(role-playing_game) "Trillion Credit Squadron" championship in the early 1980's. Lenat got the attention of DARPA and later formed the company CyCorp (http://www.cyc.com/).