I had read the blogs - by and large they were right about comparing apples (employment in the wind sector) to oranges (employment as coal miners, not employment in the coal sector).
Despite that, it was still very encouraging.
How about this statistic: "Vestas installs a new wind turbine every four hours." Included in an ad in Newsweek's Commemorative Inaugural Edition.
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Go to the Fortune blog that Jim cited and read the comments. I believe there are other blogs linked there as well. don
In a message dated 2/3/2009 9:24:08 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, jbc329@earthlink.net writes:
Boy Don you really know how to ruin a great thought now don't you....we've got to figure out a way to make this work for all of us, I guess we need to fact check it asap....
John Christensen jbc329@earthlink.net "Power concedes nothing without demand." Frederick Douglas
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To: jkotcon@wvu.edu;jbc329@earthlink.net;ibtreehugger@gmail.com;trouserdude@gmail.com;EC@osenergy.org Sent: 2/3/2009 9:14:24 AM Subject: Re: Wind jobs outstrip the coal industry !!
Shows an interesting trend, continues to point out the decrease in mining jobs. Others have picked this story up, and there has been a negative response primarily pointing out that the numbers are not comparing apples to apples; ie, the wind jobs figure apparently includes "indirect" jobs, while the mining jobs figure does not. I am not yet comfortable using this as a factoid. don
In a message dated 2/3/2009 8:54:48 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, jkotcon@wvu.edu writes: This needs to go far and wide in WV.
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Carrell Paula.Carrell@sierraclub.org 1/29/2009 3:18 PM >>>
Check out this story -- Fortune Magazine in Jan.
Opening sentence: "Here’s a talking point in the green jobs debate: The wind industry now employs more people than coal mining in the United States."
Jayme Hill in VA picked it up.
pc
http://greenwombat.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/01/28/wind-jobs-outstrip-the-c...
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