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He's just being disingenuous with that statement. He isn't hold those cheering the jobs numbers to the same standard.
by jnordwick 10y ago
He's just being disingenuous with that statement. He isn't hold those cheering the jobs numbers to the same standard.
- oconnore 10y agoIf you magically increased the wind industry tomorrow by a factor of 31.2 to supply the entire US electricity demand of 4369TWh, you would have to employ 3.1 million people. That's only ~4 times the size of the US employment numbers for gas/coal (and luckily this was only a thought experiment to demonstrate that you are concern trolling, real industries don't grow without massive efficiency improvements along the way).
- twoodfin 10y agoRequiring 4X the labor to produce the same amount of energy is a big deal! Even just a million more workers would translate into $50B or more in cost, or $500/year for the average household.