People ahve been banging on in public meetings in Albany about green this and green that and green jobs. It’s all just too confusing so I thought I’d do some research so voters in Albany can understand what is meant by “Green Jobs”.
“Green Jobs” is another of those weasel phrases that people like Grant Gillon and Andrew Williams spout ad nauseam. It is definitely something that other people should always be doing, and certainly not what they about. But still it is a vexing issue.
“Green Jobs” aren’t. Simple.
Myth: Everyone understands what a “green job” is.
Fact : No standard definition of a “green job” exists.
Myth: Creating green jobs will boost productive employment.
Fact 2: Green jobs estimates in these oft-quoted studies include huge numbers of clerical, bureaucratic, and administrative positions that do not produce goods and services for consumption.
Myth: Green jobs promote employment growth.
Fact 4: By promoting more jobs instead of more productivity, the green jobs described in the literature actually encourage low paying jobs in less desirable conditions. Economic growth cannot be ordered by national governments or by the United Nations (UN). Government interference in the economy – such as restricting successful technologies in favor of speculative technologies favored by special interests – will generate
stagnation.
Myth: Government mandates are a substitute for free markets.
Fact : Companies react more swiftly and efficiently to the demands of their customers/markets, than to cumbersome government mandates.
Still confused, I sure am, so let’s see a short little video that succinctly explains what “Green Jobs” are all about, or not as the case maybe. This’ll explain it properly.
This video also explains how bio-fuels work. Just when you think you have found the solution you find yourself un-plugged. Green jobs, no one wants them, no one needs them, tell anyone who mentions green jobs to take a bus.
