Jobs Can Still Go Green

I have gotten to the point now with anything calling itself "Green" or "Going Green" or "Green this that or the other" to be about as realistically honest of advertising as if they were selling "high quality Cadillacs" made in china for $100.

As far as I am concerned "Green" is now the new term for sh!t brown.

I just want new technology to be able to compete in the open market without taxpayers supporting it, or paying premium prices for the privilege of using it. It should not be as dirty as coal, or create radioactive waste. Natural gas is my choice, we have plenty of it right here, and it is clean. The industry claims that it can provide 200,000 jobs for starters. People could also work converting vehicles to CNG, and setting up a distribution network, including in existing service stations. I don't see that we are going to be able to compete with China at making solar panels. We also don't seem to be very competitive at making wind turbines. I love them both, but we need the jobs here. Biofuels from waste is successful. Geothermal is hard to beat for heating in cold climates also.

In my opinion, paying a producer 80+ cents a Kilowatt hour for a product that is selling for less than 10 cents a Kilowatt hour will soon lead to no jobs, and no working conditions. When the green product is at, or even near, the actual market price, I will be more than happy to look at it again.

Well of course labor unions are for it. They are the "House"'. They pay dues and vote to keep the player, (government) in the game. The only losers are the taxpayers...............................and they don't count.

Wind? Solar? Electric cars? Take your pick and step right up to the table. Something will catch on.