Can Green Jobs Be Sustainable?

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George Washington Univ. Professor, Mark Starik, Ph.D., discusses what it takes to keep green jobs in the U.S. He has visited the now shuttered BP solar plant in Frederick, Maryland many times and points out its failures. Starik says its all about picking the right green technology to manufacture- one that can be easily marketed.

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Comments (5)

we all must move forward to

we all must move forward to go green so we can all breath a little easier and not leave a carbon footprint that is too big.
Paul at auto detailing

Its is good to go green not

Its is good to go green not only in US and in other country too, This is a good idea , if this plan work it is a sucess.
Stones, Marble

If other companies will

If other companies will support the campaign for green jobs, why not right? If the government will do everything in order to have control with other companies in designing their job requirements, it is possible right? Every depends on how everybody make their decisions in order to sustain green jobs.Tim from worldbiznews

I totally agree. I found this

I totally agree. I found this Green jobs website as a resource as well - Green Jobs

Every dollar invested in wind

Every dollar invested in wind and solar is an opportunity loss for sustainable clean power technology that the US could manufacture and dominate world production. China is prepared to DOMINATE production of solar panels and is prepared to push down the price as hard as necessary to choke off any meaningful US competition. If you manufacture the solar panels in the United States and deal with the toxic silicon tetrachloride in an environmentally responsible manner, you will be at an economic disadvantage to cheap Chinese producers that think nothing of spreading that poison all over farmer’s fields.
You can pour subsidy dollars into solar manufacturing as long as you want and end up with nothing in the end but a few sales jobs for US workers for foreign engineered and manufactured products. The American innovation engine is not going to reverse the trend to industrial dominance for China in the solar manufacturing area. Let’s invest taxpayer’s dollars into an area that US manufacturers can dominate and create sustainable employment for US workers.

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