Posted on 09/12/2010 11:05:53 AM PDT by Starman417
“We have a Saudi Arabia of renewable energy in our country: solar, wind, smart biofuels, geothermal,” said Jones. “We know that renewable energy jobs across the country will be coming on line with more force. That includes solar energy in the Sunbelt, wind energy production in the Plains states and off our coast, smart biofuels in the Southeast and the Midwest, and geothermal everywhere.”
So said Van Jones, the former Green Economy Messiah. Jones was all sizzle and steak when it came to the so-called "green economy." He is a "visionary" who hasn't created a single job.
Obama made the green economy a major highlight of his administration:
Barack Obama raised the development of a green economy to the top of America's agenda tonight, calling on Congress to pass a law cutting the carbon emissions that cause global warming.
It sounded so great, so uplifting.....so community organizerish.
"To truly transform our economy, protect our security and save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we need to ultimately make clean, renewable energy the profitable kind of energy," the president said. "So I ask this Congress to send me legislation that places a market-based cap on carbon pollution and drives the production of more renewable energy in America."
Thus is came to be that Obama allocated $100 billion of the stimulus package for the "green economy."
So how has that all worked out?
Not so well.
The last factory making incandescent light bulbs has closed.
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
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thats where the first stimulas went? the one that was supposed to make US jobs?
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