I bet a lot of those jobs are added because of covid lockdowns.
The government likes to lie and play with the jobs numbers this way, too.
Here’s how it works: People lost jobs during covid shut downs. When they were re-hired in 21 & 22, they were counted as new jobs. They are just people re-entering the workforce back to jobs they already had after the covid lockdowns that destroyed the economy in 2020.
I don’t belive those statistics. And I don’t believe unboxing and setting up chinese solar panels and batteries made with African slave laborers and child labor will EVER benefit this country.
I have ZERO problem with clean energy. I’m all for it.
I have a BIG problem with with solar & wind equipment being made by hostile actors or slave/child labor in foreign countries.
Never say we can’t make/build something here. It should all be made here, instead of by shady deals with bad people who aim to destroy us.
Stupid and reckless.
I can agree with most of that. However, on the subject of solar panels, they weren't being made in volume here to being with. So those jobs were never lost.
Thinking about coal mines 100 years ago and manual labor, as things got automated, thousands of coal mining jobs went away. Those are jobs that will never come back, regardless of if coal would continue or not.
Everything changes always.
I can drive by the Studebaker plant and remember all the activity and buildings. They closed when I was a little kid. 1963. People went nuts. Then a local clothing store owner had this to say...
From this article, written my Jack Colwell. He broke the story in 1963. I had the pleasure of working with him for 30 years. He's still writing today.
(it's a great update article he wrote in 2013 on the 50th anniversary of Studebaker's closing)
Like most folks in and around South Bend at the time, I’ll always remember when the news broke that Studebaker was ending auto production in the city. Especially, since I broke the news.
www.southbendtribune.com
"Most folks in and around South Bend at the time also remember the words of Paul D. Gilbert, a prominent clothing store owner who joined with Schurz to head a committee working quickly and as effectively as possible to deal with the Studebaker loss.
Gilbert’s message, far different than a warning of going down in flames, was a rallying cry:
“This is not Studebaker, Indiana. This is South Bend, Indiana.” It was and it is."
My point being, everything changes. Putting your eggs in one basket rarely ends well. While the closing of Studebaker, and several other companies over the years were big blows to the community, the area rebounded and diversified its industries. Today, it continues to grow and prosper. Those that hang on to the past will get left behind.
Solar energy is just a step towards another form of power. Will it stick around as long as coal? Will nuclear finally be taken advantage of (you know I'm a pro nuclear power person as we've discussed this many times)? Is solar just a stop-gap until then or will we go back to NG or coal?
Who knows?
All I know is currently, here at least, the job market is booming. The trades are growing. Construction of factories, warehouses, power facilities, universities, apartment complexes, houses, etc., are all over the place here.
If the economy is so poor, who's living in all of these apartments and new houses? Where are they working? These aren't inexpensive homes.
I only know 1 person that is currently looking for a job, and that's because they want to stay in that particular field.
From that, I think, regardless of the numbers I read, or the pundits spewing whichever side they're hawking, things are going in a positive direction.
www.energy.gov
