'Clean tech' employment is poised to soar -- and the jobs will be all over the country.

[Peacetrain]

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Already, the economy is generating about 1.3 million new "green collar" jobs per year, says outplacement firm Challenger Gray & Christmas. By 2030, the number of U.S. jobs directly or indirectly related to energy efficiency and conservation will reach 40 million, according to the nonprofit American Solar Energy Society. Incidentally, their site, www.ases.org, includes a clean-tech job board you might want to check out.


http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/26/news/economy/green.jobs.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2009102605

[Romulox]

1. Yeah, but "the country" will be CHINA. nt

[Peacetrain]

2. Well in the article they were talking about the United States...

[Romulox]

3. There's no logical reason that solar panels can't be made cheaper in China, too.

Didja hear about the "green" car Al Gore is making in Finland with a half a billion stimulus $$$, btw? :hi:

[The2ndWheel]

4. Then what?

"By 2030, the number of U.S. jobs directly or indirectly related to energy efficiency and conservation will reach 40 million"

To get to the 40 million jobs, they will have to expand and consume. Once they reach 40 million jobs, what happens next? Do they become more efficient, and conserve the resources? Or are more jobs created, thus expanding and increasing consumption again?