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   Jonas Posted 9:41 am
   08 Nov 2008

   Big UNEP report - still not covered by Gristmill?So where is the coverage of the recent very big UNEP / ILO report on Green Jobs? That report was accompanied by a report made by the nef (New Economics Foundation - one of Europe's leading economics think tanks).
   These two reports show big time how "green" and "growth" are actually not even a contradiction, but a sine qua non for economic prosperity in the 21st century.
   They are the two most important reports ever written on the subject.
   Unep report:
   
   http://www.unep.org/labour_environment/features/greenjobs ...
   Nef report:
   
   http://www.neweconomics.org/gen/greennewdealneededforuk21 ...
   Or have I missed Gristmill's coverage of these big ones?

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   Jon Rynn Posted 11:17 am
   08 Nov 2008

   Jonas -- Nice!I'll see what I can do

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   Sam Wells Posted 1:02 pm
   08 Nov 2008

   Good post!In this day and time when jobs are scarce and lay-offs abound, such green jobs would pack much more than just a stupid job - were talking about saving homes, businesses, and probably keeping people out of welfare and the hospitals (cost avoidance).  We could use a bunch right about ... yes now would be good.
   You know there really isn't a standard industrial code that says "green job" but we know what you mean, large investment funds set up to promote clean energy. You're out-thinking Ronald Reagan in the "trickle down" department for sure. You know, direct and indirect revenue, taxes, and money churned in the economy using a value-added analysis.
   Figuring out the money is perhaps easier these days than the full-time employees because of the manner in which so much is contracted, subcontracted, jobbed-out, and shopped on the global market. An interesting example aI read about was all the jobs involved in putting up a wind turbine farm in South Texas - many many thousands, although the average actual work might have been a few months for any given jobber at most.
   At the end of the day it is all about money, and people are needed to be hired to get the job done. I look forward to more on the subject.
   
   sam
   
   Onward through the fog

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   amazingdrx Posted 4:05 pm
   08 Nov 2008

   Consumer perspectiveIF government could help to start up mass production of renewable/conservation energy devices,  solar panels, ground source heating/cooling, and plugin hybrids, then that would reduce prices for consumers.
   The payback period for the devices, from savings in electricty, gasoline, and heating bills, would come down to a few years.  Investing in these systems would actually increase net family income, and yield even bigger positive cash flow after the payback period.
   The initial government orders would help create jobs, then the widespread purchase by consumers would create even more jobs, a whole new wave of green jobs manufacturing, installing, and maintaining the new energy economy devices.
   
   http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog John Schneider, Northern Wisconsin

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