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> renewables employ more people per MWh than fossil fuel energy sources like coal. Anyone who suggests that's a feature, and not a defect, is either a fool or

• kogepathic 10y ago
  > So if the politicians point is that renewables destroy jobs, the evidence does not support this claim. My point isn't that more people employed = cheaper energy. Obviously that's not how economics works. My point was, if politicians are advocating for building out more fossil fuels because renewables "take away jobs" that argument has been proven false. [0] [0] http://fortune.com/2017/02/21/donald-trump-jobs-coal-mining-solar-energy/ http://fortune.com/2017/02/21/donald-trump-jobs-coal-mining-...