GE's Immelt Says Green Tech Means Jobs, Growth

New York Times ^ | 12/9/09 | cp124

[cp124]

The AP (12/9) reports, "The top executive of General Electric has told a South Carolina audience that green technology can help the environment, create jobs and grow the economy." Jeffrey Immelt was in Greenville Tuesday taking part in a summit on renewable energy at "the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research," which "was hosted by the university and GE Energy." Immelt said that "the nation hasn't invested enough in energy technology in recent decades and that millions of green jobs will be created worldwide during the next five years."

A separate AP (12/9) report quotes Immelt as saying "he hopes the Copenhagen conference on climate change leads the United States to develop a green energy policy to grow the economy." At the same renewable energy conference, Immelt said, "What's most important for the U.S. is that we go from Copenhagen, go into 2010, and have the courage to act on clean energy for the good of the country from the standpoint of creating jobs."

[Rodamala]

I remember seeing an interview where he candidly spoke of the whole "Ecomagination" PR campaign, and said basically it was hype, but it worked, and that appearing "green friendly" was NOT about saving the planet, but MAKING MONEY OFF THE HYPE.

I wish I remember where I saw that clip so I could post a link and validate my claim... it was probably from some time before or during the time I worked for GE... during/before 2007.

[Semper Mark]

[sergeantdave]

GE is the next buggy-whip maker with the idiot Immelt in charge. He’s put all his chips into the fraudulent global warming pot and will lose. I’m betting short on GE stock.

Soon, GE will be picked apart like a corpse in bankruptcy court.

And, no, king obuma can’t save GE. King obuma will have a tough time saving himself and his coterie of idiot fascists.

[A.A. Cunningham]

The Green Job Myth Exposed

[truthguy]

I never argue about the fraudulent new energy economy on the basis of jobs created. It is easy to create jobs. We have had societies with almost no unemployment (we pretend to work and they pretend to pay us). The issue is the cost of the jobs created. The fraudulent new energy economy will create thousands (millions?) of jobs, many in regulating every aspect of economic production. The cost of these jobs will be catastrophic, causing work to relocate, prices to increase, lower economic production, higher taxes, and a much lower standard of living. The jobs created will be highly visible, creating a new powerful special interest group. The resulting economic carnage will be difficult to attribute to specific policies but it will be very real.

I can't disagree with anything you have said and that's why I reposted it. The only other point I'd make is that for every job the government creates, it destroys 2 or more. This is because of the inefficiency of what they do and the poor use of limited capital.

[truthguy]

GE is behind the LIGHTBULBS that we HAVE to buy! If you Break one, you MUST call a HAZMAT # to come and clean it up!! IT IS INSANITY!!!

I sure hope that at least they preserve the incandescent bulbs for our refrigerators and ovens. These are only 25 or 40 Watt bulbs and they are only on when the respective doors are open. The energy use is trivial. However I wouldn't put anything past these idiots in the so called green movement.

[mewzilla]

BTTT.

[dforest]

This man should not be allowed to steer anything. Conflict of interest a little. Ya think?

This is disgraceful and a stop needs to be put on it.