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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
For years, the Obama Administration has claimed that the stimulus will increase employment through “green jobs”. But what are green jobs? Are they jobs in the solar and wind industry? Yes, but according to a new study, the majority of green jobs in the United States are actually jobs in waste management (garbage), mass transit, and other non-energy areas, and those jobs are not stimulus-related. Even including those mature jobs, the green or “clean economy” jobs represent just 2 percent of all jobs in the United States, and renewable energy jobs, those touted by the Administration as being “green”, make up just 5 percent of the “clean economy” jobs. That compares modestly to the largest sector of the economy—health care—employing 10.2 percent of all jobs, but unlike health care employment, “clean economy” jobs are growing slower than the U.S. economy.
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Only part of the money was for green jobs, most of it was for green research. The stimulus did all types of stuff, little bits at a time. You're way hung up on jobs with the stimulus, that was only a part of it, and a big part was shifted to infrastructure projects, which continue to happen today, and is working.
Btw, did you read the report you posted? We have 2.7 million green jobs.... that's a shit ton, that's bigger than fossil fuel energy!!!! Which robs the hell out of us, makes the most profits, and still doesn't hire for shit!
And did you also see:
- The “clean economy” is more export- and manufacturing-focused than the U.S. economy as a whole. About 26 percent of “clean economy” jobs are in manufacturing, compared to 9 percent for the entire economy, and the value of exports, on a per-job basis, is twice that of a typical American job.
- “Green jobs” in this assessment tend to pay better than the average American job with median wages 13 percent higher than the average.
You need to start embracing the future.... if more people would, it would take off more - the demand isn't even here yet and it's already winning. This is the best deal we have right now, unless you have some other magic idea up your sleeve.