Comments on: Green-Collar Jobs?

By: Bluemountainmama

Bluemountainmama — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:58:35 +0000

that’s okay, matt…. i don’t think any of us are writing for credit.

By: Matthew Burns

Matthew Burns — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:50:30 +0000

Sorry about that Bluemountainmama. I guess when I read your post all I saw was red, and completely missed your name. Great post.

By: Denny

Denny — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:29:25 +0000

Thanks Matthew but Blue wrote this post.

But I am going to comment – I get Google alerts for a few different search terms clean coal technology and coal to liquids being two of them – I get so many alerts each day for those two topics. 11 today that is the coal industry propaganda machine hard at work and unfortunately effective. It was like I said in a previous post – it doesn’t matter if it is true or not if you shout it in enough ears people will believe it because their neighbor heard the same thing.

By: Matthew Burns

Matthew Burns — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:07:56 +0000

Denny,
I have long been a advocate for green collar jobs, for exactly the same reasons you have pointed out in your post.

What scares me is the blatant push for coal and CTL going on now. For every penny that gasoline goes up, thats one step closer to getting widespread public support for CTL. I worry that politicans and their convoluted logic will paint CTL as one of these green collar occupations, and funnel even more money into the increasingly idiotic practice of a coal-based economy.

By: Kristine shreve

Kristine shreve — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:26:21 +0000

I’ve heard about the idea of green collar jobs before. I think it is a great idea, and I hope it comes to pass. Not only would it be good for the environment, it would certainly help the economy.