WOW!!!!

Can we get copies of this report to our legislators?

JBK

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Edward Mainland emainland@COMCAST.NET 10/14/2010 3:07 PM >>>

National Solar Jobs Census 2010

This is the most thorough, up-to-date job survey on the US solar industry, with data for every state. Nationally, solar energy provides

93,000 jobs in 2010 and is expected to grow another 24,000 jobs by August 2011.

By comparison, coal mining employed 86,859 workers in 2008, a nearly 10-fold job reduction since 1920, even though we use far more coal today than in 1920. Coal supplies nearly half the nation’s electricity while solar energy provides much less than 1% of electric power and hot

water.

Employment in the California solar industry is forecast to grow about

4500 new jobs over the next year, increasing from 17,352 to 21,804.

By comparison, fossil-fuel power generation is expected to grow only 210 new jobs in California, from 13,854 to 14,055. Fossil fuel is used

to generate 60% the state’s electric power, while solar energy provides less than 1% of electricity and hot water.

Link to download report: http://www.greenlmi.com/resources/ Final+TSF+National+Solar+Jobs+Census+2010+Web+Version.pdf+2.zip

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