[LINK] Employment Estimates for Energy Efficiency, Retrofits of Commercial Buildings (june 2, 2011)

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Jan Whitaker wrote:
> At 10:05 PM 17/06/2011, Tom Koltai you wrote:
>> US unemployment figures only count the numbers receiving unemployment
>> insurance (social security).
> 
> Correction.
> Unemployment benefits are state programs. Social Security is a 
> federal program for retirement and some disability. They aren't the same thing.
> 
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Either way, I guess the political issue is those on some kind of government 
welfare payments, while they look for a paying job.

>  With the desert sun warming our backs and our shovels in the ground, California Governor Jerry Brown, BLM Director Bob Abbey and I participated in a groundbreaking ceremony this morning for the Blythe Solar Power Project, the world’s largest solar energy project to be built on public lands.
> 
> Located eight miles west of Blythe, California, members of the small community, local officials, and representatives from Solar Trust of America braved the 100 degree heat to witness a historic moment in America’s new energy frontier. In the near future, the ground where we stood today will hold a solar power plant that will generate up to 1000 megawatts of power—enough energy to power more than 300,000 homes.
...
> Just the first phase of this project will put about a thousand people to work out here in Blythe during construction and will create more than 200 permanent jobs. The second phase is expected to do the same. These are big numbers for the Blythe community.
<http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/06/17/investing-america-s-new-energy-frontier>

> World’s largest solar facility creates 1,000 local jobs
> 
> Solar Trust of America’s Blythe Solar Power Project marks the beginning of 21st century environmental progress, technological advancement and economic change. Developed with a conscientious approach to its influence on the natural environment and local cultures, our project will provide over 1,000 direct jobs to the local economy in Riverside County during construction.
<http://www.blythesolarpower.com/>

Marghanita
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