Friday, December 18, 2009

Green Jobs Might be a Rip-Off?

At least that seems to be the case according to this German study pointed out in this article.

In the end, Germany’s PV promotion has become a subsidization regime that, on a per-worker basis, has reached a level that far exceeds average wages, with per worker subsidies as high as 175,000 € (US $ 240,000). …

Although Germany’s promotion of renewable energies is commonly portrayed in the media as setting a “shining example in providing a harvest for the world” (The Guardian 2007), we would instead regard the country’s experience as a cautionary tale of massively expensive environmental and energy policy that is devoid of economic and environmental benefits.

You have to be kidding. $240,000 per job in subsidies? That sounds like one of those stimulus jobs "created or saved." The more I look into this the bigger this Climate Change thing is just a big mess. I was an early convert to this "green jobs" plan but only if it involves nuclear plants and lots of them. I hate oil plants and using oil because it enriches the people that want to kill us. I can care less about carbon footprints now.

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