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tinrobot

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17. How about green energy jobs?

Reply to still_one (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 13, 2012, 11:25 PM

Nov 2012

That would serve both needs.

There's so much work to do on the green energy front - everything from construction jobs installing solar systems and making buildings more efficient to high tech research and development and many inbetween.

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Al Gore calls on Barack Obama to 'act boldly' on climate change [View all] bananas Nov 2012 OP

notice this is in the Guardian & not the fossil fuel network CNN sasha031 Nov 2012 #1

Agreed, but first focus on jobs still_one Nov 2012 #2

There will be plenty of jobs once the drought induced famine hits NoOneMan Nov 2012 #3

A lot of people are hurting badly right now, and if they don't focus on jobs first, there will not still_one Nov 2012 #4

Seeking a job for the end of the world NoOneMan Nov 2012 #5

I do not think we can, the media will not be with us. If the economy visibly shows recovery, and still_one Nov 2012 #7

We must keep our powder dry NoOneMan Nov 2012 #9

I am not saying it should not be done, I am saying timing is everything still_one Nov 2012 #10

Yes, timing. progressoid Nov 2012 #11

Timing is nothing... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2012 #25

if timing is everything... mrf901 Nov 2012 #28

I concur. Even after all this time, it's still the Economy; all the stupid out there, take note. Demeter Nov 2012 #6

I believe in climate change, however, that will not trump jobs now. We have a two year window, and still_one Nov 2012 #8

Environment and jobs are not not opposites. limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #12

Don't you think a whole lotta oil needs to be burned to build that stuff? NoOneMan Nov 2012 #13

But it's building stuff that will let us then greatly reduce the amount of oil we burn in the limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #14

Itll take decades to reach carbon neutrality NoOneMan Nov 2012 #15

The longer we wait to switch, the worse it will be. limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #16

Im suggesting you have to burn oil to do it NoOneMan Nov 2012 #18

Burn oil to build things that will allow us to stop burning oil. limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #19

Common sense or common myth NoOneMan Nov 2012 #20

Already limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #22

My suggestion is easy NoOneMan Nov 2012 #23

So are you suggesting a sort of limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #24

oh, is that too ghastly? NoOneMan Nov 2012 #27

Does that mean we can't have hospitals, x-ray machines and canned soup? limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #29

Can your own NoOneMan Nov 2012 #30

want me to build my own x-ray machine too? limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #31

Eat your veggies and chill out NoOneMan Nov 2012 #32

You are advocating the end of civilization, a very weird, radical view. limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #33

Thank you NoOneMan Nov 2012 #34

There is no reason to worry about... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2012 #26

Everyone who has ever trashed the planet has done so in the name of jobs XemaSab Nov 2012 #21

You have it about face ... Nihil Nov 2012 #36

How about green energy jobs? tinrobot Nov 2012 #17

Nature Bats Last triplepoint Nov 2012 #35