Greentechsolar has an interesting article 28 Sep 2011 on
Top 10 Reasons Why Renewable Energy Wins.
in which is a top 10 list for solar.
Here are some excerpts:
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A job is a job is a job.
With all this talk about green jobs, clean jobs, and other kinds of jobs
— how about we just call it a job? A job that puts food on the table,
pays the bills, keeps the kids in clothes, and affords the occasional
family night out. And, if you subscribe to the belief that all is lost due
to the Chinese PV manufacturing juggernaut, keep in mind that you can’t
export the thousands of business development, sales, design, engineering,
installation, and service jobs we’re going to need every year.
Why not just say
jobs, jobs, jobs?
Because solar also doesn’t pollute the air and doesn’t suck up
ground water.
Not just jobs: clean jobs that don’t drain our resources.
But opinion only matters if the data supports it. Solar is one of the only
industries adding private sector jobs in our struggling economy — with
6.8 percent growth from August 2010 to August 2011, when overall U.S. job
growth was only 0.7 percent and when fossil fuel generators actually cut
jobs by 2 percent. It’s estimated the United States already has over
90,000 direct and indirect jobs in the manufacturing and installation
of solar panels. That’s more than in either steel production or coal
mining (not including transportation and power plant employment).
Yes, while road and bridge building projects may bring in a few temporary
construction jobs, solar brings construction jobs plus all sorts
of other jobs plus long-term jobs.
Long-term jobs in the fastest-growing industry in the world:
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