Today's Energy Jobs Are in Solar, Not Coal
Solar energy accounted for the largest proportion of employers in the Electric Power Generation sector, with wind energy the third largest, the report on green energy from the US Department of Energy (DOE) says
According to the report, solar power employed 43 percent of the Electric Power Generation sector's workforce in 2016, while fossil fuels combined accounted for just 22 percent. It's a welcome statistic for those seeking to refute Donald Trump's assertion that green energy projects are bad news for the American economy.
Just under 374,000 people were employed in solar energy, according to the report, while coal, gas and oil power generation combined had a workforce of slightly more than 187,000. The boom in the country's solar workforce can be attributed to construction work associated with expanding generation capacity. The gulf in employment is growing with net generation from coal falling 53 percent over the last decade. During the same period, electricity generation from natural gas increased 33 percent while solar expanded 5,000 percent
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YES! Keep this conversation happening!
Well I mean the sun keeps spitting out energy that costs nothing to mine or obtain really. We just need to put the materials in place to capture it and reap the rewards. Solar energy is (and will continue to be even more so as the tech advances) an economic slam dunk. It's as close to free energy as we can get.