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I'm curious about the source of your numbers. In particular, see https://www.politifact.com/illinois/statements/2017/apr/25/brad-schneider/are-there-three-time
by bzbarsky 8y ago
I'm curious about the source of your numbers. In particular, see https://www.politifact.com/illinois/statements/2017/apr/25/brad-schneider/are-there-three-times-many-solar-energy-jobs-coal-/ https://www.politifact.com/illinois/statements/2017/apr/25/b... (which has numbers comparable to yours for solar, but 160k jobs for just coal, not counting oil and natural gas, in the US).
- awinder 8y agohttps://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2017/01/f34/2017%20US%20Energy%20and%20Jobs%20Report_0.pdf https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2017/01/f34/2017%20U...
- bzbarsky 8y agoThank you for the link. Per that document, page 29, there are ~370k jobs in solar, yes. But there are ~160k jobs in coal, ~360k jobs in natural gas, and ~515k jobs in oil. Plus the ~36k jobs in "advanced gas", whatever that is. Unless you were talking about just the "electric power generation" column?