Comments on: Ontario Feed-In Tariffs Create Tens of Thousands of Solar Jobs, Cost = 1 Donut/Month

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Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:00:46 +0000

[…] Stories: 1. Ontario Feed-In Tariffs Create Tens of Thousands of Solar Jobs, Cost = 1 Donut/Month 2. Canada’s Largest Supermarket Chain Going Solar (on Over 100 Ontario Stores) 3. Samsung […]

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 21:35:45 +0000

i respect your preferences & point, but i, on the other hand, find it quite useful to see the info put in such terms, as I think many people do.

if you want to discuss macro issues, you want macro terms and data, if you want to discuss micro issues, you use micro terms and data. both can be discussed with regards to this issue, but most people are more interested in the micro.

i think we thoroughly cover the macro on here, so it’s nice to give people a view of the micro from time to time as well.

of course, no matter which way you discuss it, some will always have an inclination to the opposite approach.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 21:30:24 +0000

OK, good point on the best comparison to use on that point.

luckily, though, those people aren’t getting paid 60 donuts, but are probably getting a decent wage (for relatively little cost to the gov)

By: RemiPG

RemiPG — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:12:42 +0000

I’m all for renewable energy and Solar PV, but I really don’t like when “advisors” or “analyst” tell me it’s only going to cost pennies a year to do something. Everything only costs pennies when divide up between a population as large as Ontario’s.

Not only does it not provide useful information (although I’m sure their full report was more complete), but that mindset set of “only a few more pennies” largely contributed to bring us in this fiscal mess we are experiencing now.

I believe Ontario’s feed-in-tarrif as it is is a good thing in the long term, they just didn’t choose the right words to justify it, in my opinion.

By: Bill Woods

Bill Woods — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:13:55 +0000

“72,000 person-years of jobs or 60 donuts… you choose.”

There’s 13 million people in Ontario, so figure there’s about 5 million households. So that’s 300 million donuts. Or about 1 person-week of work for 60 donuts. (Which, if you flip it around, doesn’t sound like a great wage rate.)