Comments on: Expired Treasury Renewable Energy Subsidy Created as Many as 75,000 Green Jobs, $44 Billion in Economic Output

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:36:00 +0000

If you’re going to try to debunk a study, provide some evidence. Right now, you’re just making wild claims, some of which are obviously untrue.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 15:22:00 +0000

Can you point us to the source where you discovered green bus drivers are counted as green jobs?

And, by that, I mean drivers who would otherwise be driving black buses.

If new bus services have been started in order to cut down on fossil fuel use, those are green jobs.

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BTW, your last sentence shows great ignorance when it comes to business….

By: Csex2

Csex2 — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 12:24:00 +0000

You fail to explain that the indirect jobs (the bulk of the reported “green jobs”) are BS… If I drive a green bus thats counted as a green job… If you are a sanitation worker you are counted as a green job… It’s Bunk… The failed solar and wind companies say it all…..

By: puckerupamerica

puckerupamerica — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:25:00 +0000

Is it true that a driver of a bus with an engine that runs off of natural gas is considered a green energy job, but a driver of a bus with an engine that runs off of gasoline is not considered a fossil fuel job?

By: Akbweb2

Akbweb2 — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:32:00 +0000

Noted, correcting to say “green jobs,” a broader category than “clean energy” jobs alone…

“There are about 2.7 million jobs that fall under the report’s definition of green jobs, and they span a wide range of industries and sectors, from public transit to organic food and farming to smart grid. That’s more workers than are currently in the fossil-fuel industry, and it’s only going to rise.”

Source: http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2011/0713_clean_economy.aspx

By: Thinkpower

Thinkpower — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:02:00 +0000

“More Americans are now employed in US clean energy than in the US fossil fuel industry.” What study is this from? I thought the Brookings report just said the entire “green” economy is bigger than fossil fuels, after including recycling and non-energy sectors?