Those green with envy of those who have acquired much green, and who themselves are not green when it comes to con jobs, have set out to exploit the green grain of truth in matters pertaining to greening the environment. Even our Absolut or Mexican friends who come in search of green-go cards recognize that like the greengo, he is in constant pursuit of much green, some for himself and some for those back where the grass is not greener. When your green-goes into thin, carbon taxed, formerly air filled pockets of the not so green green-gos, you will really long for greener pastures.
Intelligence analyst: Getzel
Environ mentalist defined: Individuals that want others to use less energy; almost invariably the Goree truth.
You can fool some of the people all of the time and those are pretty good odds.
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The Growth in 'Green-Collar' Jobs
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Both Clinton and Obama say they'll cut tax breaks for oil companies and invest about $150 billion over the next decade to promote a green energy sector. Revenues from a carbon "cap and trade" system will pay for job training, weatherization and other efficiency measures along with alternative energy research. Both candidates claim they can add about 5 million jobs to the economy. McCain offers no precise figures but says he will promote policies that help develop alternative energy and then "let the consumers choose the winners."
Though definitions and economic estimates vary widely, advocates say green jobs can revitalize whole communities. In Richmond, Calif., a gritty industrial city in the Bay Area, a city-sponsored program teaches underprivileged youth how to install solar panels. Graduates like Rodney Lee, now a project manager for a solar firm, earn $18.50 an hour. Thanks to city incentives, the once-abandoned Ford Motor plant on the city's waterfront has been made over with bamboo floors and skylights into the headquarters of SunPower Corp., a firm that designs industrial solar roof installations. "With the right investments," says Jason Walsh of Green for All, "the resulting green economy can generate a lot of good jobs at a far greater scale than a pollution-based economy." And that's no hot air.
With Miyoko Ohtake
© 2008
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