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If the US government mandates green energy jobs and gets into the business of the green industry, I can bet you that'll create a massive bubble and blow up like the dot-com bubble
Stay in the stone age if you so choose, but many of us want clean energy, green jobs and businesses and a thriving middle class. A true patriot you are.
No one is stopping you from using your own money along with a 30% federal tax subsidy to invest in green energy for your own home or from going out and getting a job in green energy. So, if you have not, why not?
No one is stopping you from using your own money along with a 30% federal tax subsidy to invest in green energy for your own home or from going out and getting a job in green energy. So, if you have not, why not?
This is about manufacturing jobs here in tht USA. If anyone here wants to purchase solar panels, for instance, why should we be purchasing them from China? Shouldn't we be promoting jobs and businesses here?
We are being screwed by our own...by design. We should be leading in green energy manufacturing. Who and what is responsible for rigging this so that we can't???
Did any of our stimulus money go for green energy development ?
Will any of the next stimulus money go for green energy development ?
Do you know the hoops any green energy has to go through with the government ?
Do you know that the activists are against wind energy because it kills the birds and looks ugly ?
Did you know that China used over $400 billion of its stimulus last year to further green energy development ?
All Al Gore and our government cared about was taxing us and trading carbon credits on Wall Street with Goldman Sachs. That's where our "green energy" work is..making Wall Street richer and giving them a new bubble to play with.
Did any of our stimulus money go for green energy development ?
Will any of the next stimulus money go for green energy development ?
Do you know the hoops any green energy has to go through with the government ?
Do you know that the activists are against wind energy because it kills the birds and looks ugly ?
Did you know that China used over $400 billion of its stimulus last year to further green energy development ?
All Al Gore and our government cared about was taxing us and trading carbon credits on Wall Street with Goldman Sachs. That's where our "green energy" work is..making Wall Street richer and giving them a new bubble to play with.
$60 Billion for Green in the Stimulus Bill: Where the Money Will Go
• $6 billion for clean and safe water, creating more than 200,000 jobs
• $4.5 billion for greening federal buildings
• State energy grants, issued through the Treasury Department, that will fund renewable energy projects that are eligible for the available tax credits
• Funding for the state energy program, which includes important utility reforms and building code conditions
• $2.5 billion for energy efficiency and renewable energy Research and Development
• $5 billion for the Weatherization Assistance Program, creating approximately 90,000 jobs
• A multi-year extension of the renewable production tax credit
• A more effective tax credit for home efficiency upgrades
• $6 billion in loan guarantees for renewables, transmission and leading edge biofuels
• $2 billion for advanced batteries
• $9.3 billion for intercity rail, including high-speed rail
• $27.5 billion for highways (this large pot of money is not exclusively for highways, and states and cities must use this flexibility to invest in fuel-efficient public transportation)
• $8.4 billion for transit
• $1.5 billion in competitive grants for transportation investments (which could be used for public transportation)
I agree that it should have been better funded, but with a bit more research, I'm sure it will be easy to find who or what interfered.
Largest Wind Farm in the United States to be Built in Oregon
There's much to celebrate in the announcement. Most important is the fact that by using wind to produce electricity instead of burning coal, some 1.5 million fewer tons of greenhouse gases will be emitted. Also, according to GE Energy spokeswoman, Milissa Rocker, the new turbines will be made at the company's Pensacola, Florida, plant. (Previously, all 2.5xls were made in Germany.) Largest Wind Farm in the United States to be Built in Oregon | Mother Jones
An investigation by ABC News and the Investigative Reporting Workshop found that 79 percent of the program's money has gone to foreign companies, money that Schumer said was "federal tax dollars, the stimulus, which was sold as jobs in America."
The senators are especially alarmed about a project highlighted by ABC News in West Texas that uses turbines manufactured in China. The Texas wind farm is eligible for up to $450 million in stimulus funds.
Yeah, sure. China going after something impractical.
The facts are China is putting up a new coal plant about every 2 weeks and India is not far behind. They will use this cheap energy to manufacture expensive green goods like solar panels to sell to us.
They seem to have forgotten that the stimulus is supposed to stimulate the American economy.
If instead of tax cuts for businesses that don't want to invest domestically in order to appease Repubs who were never going to vote yay anyway, we could have put that money into our much deserving manufacturing sector (http://www.americanmanufacturing.org/newscenter/pressreleases/2009/01/16/strong-domestic-sourcing-requirements-create-33-more-manufacturing-jobs/ - broken link).
looks like you're missing a few details buddy, let me help you out there.
From my previous post. Of course I was being sarcastic...
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I agree that it should have been better funded, but with a bit more research, I'm sure it will be easy to find who or what interfered.
What a surprise (NOT) that the GOP was undermining something that would help the middle class and give credit to Obama.
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