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> Meanwhile China runs away with all the clean energy tech (solar, wind, batteries, etc, etc.) while we hold to fossil fuels to save less than 200,000 jobs. If
by throw0101d 10mo ago
> Meanwhile China runs away with all the clean energy tech (solar, wind, batteries, etc, etc.) while we hold to fossil fuels to save less than 200,000 jobs.
If you're talking about coal miners, David Frum joked / observed that there are more yoga instructors in the US than coal miners:
* https://www.sfgate.com/columnists/article/Yoga-teachers-vs-coal-miners-What-really-powers-11200763.php https://www.sfgate.com/columnists/article/Yoga-teachers-vs-c...
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- canyp 10mo agoThat headline really deserves a literary prize. Yoga instructors, assemble!
- MengerSponge 10mo agoAnd that was in 2017! The population of working coal miners shrank by 20% in the last decade, from 50k to 40k https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CEU1021210001#0 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CEU1021210001#0
- array_key_first 10mo agoAlso coal mining is a shitty ass job. Those people would be much better served working in green energy.