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Beter afwachten, Trump zal wslk zijn staart intrekken of krijgt geen meerderheid.

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Hernieuwbare energie levert bijna 5 maal meer jobs op dan alle fossiele jobs tesamen. En houdt men rekening met de vele deeltijdse jobs is het 14 maal meer...

https://www.nrdc.org/experts/lara-et...uel-employment

February 01, 2017

The recently published Department of Energy 2017 U.S. Energy and Employment Report shows that clean electricity jobs are no doubt the engine that drives America’s electric energy economy, outstripping the number of paychecks provided by the fossil fuel industry by at least five to one. While that doesn’t mean fossil fuel generation is gone, it certainly means that if you are a politician looking for ways to grow jobs for the long term in your community, clean energy is the path to take.

Check Out the Numbers

All told, nearly 1 million Americans are working near- or full-time in the energy efficiency, solar, wind, and alternative vehicles sectors. This is almost five times the current employment in the fossil fuel electric industry, which includes coal, gas, and oil workers.

And if you add in those who only work part-time, such as a construction worker who doesn’t spend all his or her work hours installing energy efficient components like high-efficiency windows, the number jumps to nearly three million Americans working in part or in whole for the energy efficiency, solar, and wind sectors. That’s 14 times the current employment in the fossil fuel electric industry.

Here are some more impressive statistics from the report:

More than 350,000 people last year worked in part or in whole on solar energy production (with over 260,000 of those employees spending the majority of their time on solar). This is more than 40 percent of the overall electrical generation workforce and exceeds the combined employment of coal, gas, and oil workers connected with producing electricity that reached just under 200,000.

2.2 million American jobs contribute in some manner to energy efficient products and services. Nearly 1.5 million of these jobs are in the construction industry involved in making our homes and businesses more energy efficient, and almost 300,000 are manufacturing jobs, producing ENERGY STAR-certified products and efficient building materials in the United States.

The number of wind energy employees reached more than 100,000 across the nation, twice the number recorded in 2013 by the American Wind Energy Association. See my colleague’s blog for more good news about U.S. wind power jobs and manufacturing.

At least 700,000 jobs in the motor vehicle sector are focused on increasing fuel economy or transitioning to alternative fuels. There are also more than 250,000 employees spending the majority of their time working with alternative fuels vehicles, including natural gas, hybrids, plug-in hybrids, all electric, and fuel cell/hydrogen vehicles.

These clean energy jobs can be found in every single state. See here for a state-by-state breakdown.
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https://energy.gov/downloads/2017-us...loyment-report