Comments on: The Big Green Hype – Natural Gas Vehicles http://www.thegreenerhome.com/eblog/green-hype-part-1-natural-gas/ "Green" does not end with a "d" Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:24:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Calv http://www.thegreenerhome.com/eblog/green-hype-part-1-natural-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-2642 Calv Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:24:41 +0000 http://www.thegreenerhome.com/eblog/?p=99#comment-2642 <i>What the world is doing right now is creating the green economy from the ground up. It’s taking time and it certainly needs to happen faster, but it is happening. Clean energy is the only sector of our economy that continued to grow during the very tough past year (most other sectors saw negative growth last year). And clean-energy employment is projected to grow 200% to 300% faster than any other industrial sector going forward. More important, these green collar jobs are home-grown and home-based — they cannot be sent overseas — and the long-term need is so great, they will still be around 30 years from now (if we don’t blow it).</i> +1 What the world is doing right now is creating the green economy from the ground up. It’s taking time and it certainly needs to happen faster, but it is happening. Clean energy is the only sector of our economy that continued to grow during the very tough past year (most other sectors saw negative growth last year). And clean-energy employment is projected to grow 200% to 300% faster than any other industrial sector going forward. More important, these green collar jobs are home-grown and home-based — they cannot be sent overseas — and the long-term need is so great, they will still be around 30 years from now (if we don’t blow it).
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]]> By: Jim Beacon http://www.thegreenerhome.com/eblog/green-hype-part-1-natural-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-403 Jim Beacon Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:37:59 +0000 http://www.thegreenerhome.com/eblog/?p=99#comment-403 Yes, any and all reduction is better than nothing -- including the small amount every individual can achieve by changing to CFL light bulbs, driving less, etc. which really mounts up when you multiply it by billions of individuals. But as I pointed out at the end of my blog, there are MUCH BETTER ways to use natural gas to reduce CO2 emissions than to burn it in automobiles. If we want to avoid the rapidly approaching global catastrophe we have set in motion, we must have large-scale emission reduction pushed by industry and government *working together* to get the most bang for our buck in the shortest period of time possible. And green jobs are anything but hype, as a new report from the widely-respected PEW Research Center and Charitable Trusts Organization shows: The “clean-energy economy” grew 9.1 percent over the last decade to a total of 777,000 jobs in 2007. That compares favorably to the old economy “job engine” of the fossil fuel sector which totaled 1.23 million jobs in 2007. The report pointed out that 80% of the PRIVATE venture capital investments in 2008 were in the clean energy and energy efficiency sector. You add that to all the government money which is going to be pumped in, and green jobs in the green economy are very real. Green collar jobs are projected to catch up and surpass the fossil fuel sector over the next 20 years They will keep growing while the fossil fuel sector will be shrinking and, of course, the crude oil and natural gas really *will* be running out by then. Crude oil and natural gas are both long-term dead-end resources because we have already used up most of the Earth's supply over the past 100 years. It's time to get serious about moving on to something else if we want a better tomorrow and a better economy for the future. What the world is doing right now is creating the green economy from the ground up. It’s taking time and it certainly needs to happen faster, but it is happening. Clean energy is the only sector of our economy that continued to grow during the very tough past year (most other sectors saw negative growth last year). And clean-energy employment is projected to grow 200% to 300% faster than any other industrial sector going forward. More important, these green collar jobs are home-grown and home-based — they cannot be sent overseas — and the long-term need is so great, they will still be around 30 years from now (if we don’t blow it). This is the area that young people who are looking to start life-long careers should be headed towards. Yes, any and all reduction is better than nothing — including the small amount every individual can achieve by changing to CFL light bulbs, driving less, etc. which really mounts up when you multiply it by billions of individuals. But as I pointed out at the end of my blog, there are MUCH BETTER ways to use natural gas to reduce CO2 emissions than to burn it in automobiles.

If we want to avoid the rapidly approaching global catastrophe we have set in motion, we must have large-scale emission reduction pushed by industry and government *working together* to get the most bang for our buck in the shortest period of time possible. And green jobs are anything but hype, as a new report from the widely-respected PEW Research Center and Charitable Trusts Organization shows:

The “clean-energy economy” grew 9.1 percent over the last decade to a total of 777,000 jobs in 2007. That compares favorably to the old economy “job engine” of the fossil fuel sector which totaled 1.23 million jobs in 2007.

The report pointed out that 80% of the PRIVATE venture capital investments in 2008 were in the clean energy and energy efficiency sector. You add that to all the government money which is going to be pumped in, and green jobs in the green economy are very real.

Green collar jobs are projected to catch up and surpass the fossil fuel sector over the next 20 years They will keep growing while the fossil fuel sector will be shrinking and, of course, the crude oil and natural gas really *will* be running out by then. Crude oil and natural gas are both long-term dead-end resources because we have already used up most of the Earth’s supply over the past 100 years. It’s time to get serious about moving on to something else if we want a better tomorrow and a better economy for the future.

What the world is doing right now is creating the green economy from the ground up. It’s taking time and it certainly needs to happen faster, but it is happening. Clean energy is the only sector of our economy that continued to grow during the very tough past year (most other sectors saw negative growth last year). And clean-energy employment is projected to grow 200% to 300% faster than any other industrial sector going forward. More important, these green collar jobs are home-grown and home-based — they cannot be sent overseas — and the long-term need is so great, they will still be around 30 years from now (if we don’t blow it).

This is the area that young people who are looking to start life-long careers should be headed towards.

]]> By: cyber rainbow http://www.thegreenerhome.com/eblog/green-hype-part-1-natural-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-401 cyber rainbow Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:38:57 +0000 http://www.thegreenerhome.com/eblog/?p=99#comment-401 some reduction is better than no reduction. since only 10% of the electricity will be green and renewable by 2010, the green jobs in a green economy are the hype. some reduction is better than no reduction. since only 10% of the electricity will be green and renewable by 2010, the green jobs in a green economy are the hype.

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