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The "jobs" argument is a common myth. There are very little jobs in this industry (around 10000). In comparison, the German government has destroyed several tim

by x3ro 7y ago

The "jobs" argument is a common myth. There are very little jobs in this industry (around 10000). In comparison, the German government has destroyed several times that amount by recently removing subsidies from solar power development (coal is still subsidized).

imtringued 7y ago
Coal towns are still a thing but solar towns never existed.
- kuschku 7y ago
  Wind towns do exist, and are right now getting destroyed, with many people losing their jobs left and right due to the current conservative german government preferring coal and reducing the money that goes into renewables. It’s been all over the local news in recent years — be it Senvion, Enercon, Powerblades, or any of the other companies affected, with entire towns losing half of their jobs or more. https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/Senvion-Sind-die-Arbeitsplaetze-noch-zu-retten,senvion214.html https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/Senvion-Si... https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/Windenergie-Branche-bangt-um-Jobs,windenergie506.html https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/Windenergie-Branche-bangt-um-... https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/oldenburg_ostfriesland/Enercon-Jobabbau-Bundesministerium-bleibt-locker,enercon186.html https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/oldenburg_ostfr...
jstimpfle 7y ago
s/little/few