what ever happened to doing something because it is the right thing to do? why must EVERYTHING become a 'fad' (excuse me, MOVEMENT) in this country. i have been 'living green' most of my life. i turn off the lights when i leave a room. heck, sometimes, usually during the day, i don't even turn ON the light when i enter a room. i follow the 'if it is yellow, let it mellow' rule. i compost my leftovers, mostly because my cooking sucks on the second goround...and i ride a bicycle everywhere, because i cannot afford gas/insurance/tags/title/tax AND a license.
On Apr 15, 3:28 pm, Ohio mark <[email protected]> wrote: > For the last several months, President Obama has held up Spain, > Germany and Japan as countries America needs to emulate in creating > so- > called green jobs -- those involved in renewable energy production -- > to rev up the economy. > > "Will America watch as the clean energy jobs and industries of the > future flourish in countries like Spain, Japan or Germany?" he asked > in January. > > But a new report out of Spain says if that country is any indication, > Americans shouldn't be depending on green jobs to help the U.S. > economy. > > Gabriel Calzada Alvarez, a professor, has released a study with > startling claims about what's happened in Spain and what he predicts > will play out in America. > > Calzada says for every green job that's created with government > funding, 2.2 regular jobs are lost and that only one in 10 green jobs > wind up being permanent. > > With billions slated to go toward similar programs in the U.S. the > study is sparking new concerns. > > "Well it's an awful lot of money that is being funneled," said Patrick > Michaels, a senior fellow in environmental studies at the CATO > Institute. "If we don't pay for it, I guess we'll get some inflation > out of it. Or we could tax people and that would probably cost jobs. > Take your pick. You can't get something for nothing." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
