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Obama Announces Plan to Train 75,000 Solar Workers
nbcnews.com ^ | April 3, 2015

Posted on 04/03/2015 10:38:17 PM PDT by PROCON

The White House has announced a goal to train 75,000 workers in the solar industry by 2020, many of them veterans. "These are good-paying jobs that are helping folks enter the middle-class," President Barack Obama said on Friday at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. The plan will expand on the Department of Energy SunShot Initiative's Solar Instructor Training Network currently running at more than 400 community colleges. The White House also announced the Solar Ready Vets program aimed at helping veterans transition into the solar industry. A joint program between the Department of Defense and the DOE, it's currently being launched at 10 military bases across the country, including Hill Air Force Base and Camp Pendleton in California.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; globalwarming; obama; solarenergy; veterans
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Uh.. ya know.. this is the Sun. It can uh...solve the World’s energy demands... but uh... remember, it has absolutely no impact on Earth’s climate.


21 posted on 04/03/2015 11:19:03 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

yup.


22 posted on 04/03/2015 11:20:19 PM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '16)
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To: faithhopecharity

You assume “helping the middle class” is something more than a political slogan. As we both know, the left thrives on deception. Why? Because truth would lead to their ruin.

That’s why “marriage equality” suddenly showed up about 2-3 years ago. “Equality” is selling so much better than gay marriage did. Infanticide? No, that’s pro-choice. Tax the rich? No. That’s paying a fair share.

Again, if the left ever started using honest words, they’d be ruined.


23 posted on 04/03/2015 11:23:45 PM PDT by CitizenUSA (Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.)
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To: Crim
I'm a retired electrician myself who, back in the late 90's was involved in the electrical installation of dozens of 300 foot windmills in Eastern Oregon and the Columbia Gorge.

There is plenty of wind to generate the electricity, problem is....THERE IS NO DELIVERY METHOD OF SAID ELECTRICITY, UNTIL THEY CONSTRUCT MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF POWER LINES TO THE WINDMILLS AT ASTRONOMICAL COSTS.

So, as usual it's a big, cost ineffective GREEN SCAM.

24 posted on 04/03/2015 11:24:36 PM PDT by PROCON (It's easier to fool people than to convince them they've been fooled--Mark Twain)
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To: PROCON
I remember a few years ago they had this great training program to evaluate heat losses from residences......using a thermal detector gadget...(which could be rented for a day at a time).

I later saw one guy with a booth outside a local supermarket....but no takers.

....another "job training fiasco"

25 posted on 04/03/2015 11:25:53 PM PDT by spokeshave (He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people,)
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To: Cementjungle

[[Someone should tell Obama that if we use too much solar energy we’re going to use up the sun, then we’ll really be screwed.]]

Well sure, but you can replenish the sun by staring directly at it-


26 posted on 04/03/2015 11:25:55 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: PROCON

This would be true for any new power generation plant. Granted in a way it is worse for windmills because they are not centralized.

Also windmills aren’t as nature friendly as they are cracked up to be. They kill birds including endangered ones. They make noise. Neither of which something like a nuke plant would do.


27 posted on 04/03/2015 11:28:15 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: PROCON

Please stop. Our dear leader has spoken.

I used to write, “the majority has voted” for reality defying programs, but now we can even dispense with that. President Obama desires it, so it must be true.


28 posted on 04/03/2015 11:28:34 PM PDT by CitizenUSA (Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.)
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To: Crim

[[There isnt enough work in NW Ohio to keep ten guys busy...or enough sunshine in the winter months for efficient solar.]]

none of that matters- come hell or high water, he will have his legacy regardless of who it hurts or gets killed (iran deal)


29 posted on 04/03/2015 11:28:36 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: spokeshave
Last time this happened there was a 400 year long mini ice age.

Yep. This 5.5 month winter in PA was no fluke. The peak of this minimum is 2030. We have the resources to survive it, but we don't have the leadership.
30 posted on 04/03/2015 11:28:50 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
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To: spokeshave

A pity in a way... someone shopping for a home might want that kind of inspection to see if the prospective house had any big energy gotchas.


31 posted on 04/03/2015 11:29:41 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: CitizenUSA

yes.
i think O should sign up for that solar panel installer training class .... if he somehow manages to pass it, he will then actually be qualified for his next job


32 posted on 04/03/2015 11:31:38 PM PDT by faithhopecharity (Foolish people ... have eyes and see not)
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To: PROCON

Going up on roofs in summer time to install solar panels? That can be brutal.


33 posted on 04/03/2015 11:31:51 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Just wait until the homeowner learns the firemen won’t punch through those rooftop solar panels,to let the smoke out of his burning house and it burns to the ground. Maybe the holes will let in enough water to put out any fires that start.

You are such a racist. Everyone knows the Unicorns will arrive to poop sun blocking skittles. I read it on the White Hut website.
34 posted on 04/03/2015 11:32:26 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
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To: PROCON

hussein announces another plan to interfere in the free market.


35 posted on 04/03/2015 11:34:46 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I’m surprised that fire codes even allow that kind of installation. Some sort of superstructure that can be moved out of the way quickly in an emergency is needed.


36 posted on 04/03/2015 11:37:32 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: faithhopecharity

Probably the first job in his life he’d actually be qualified to do!


37 posted on 04/03/2015 11:39:22 PM PDT by CitizenUSA (Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.)
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To: Crim

You’ll be required to install a new roof on your home prior to the solar panel installation.

That way they won’t have to rip up all your solar panels for a new roof for 10 years or so when the shingles are worn out. yuk yuk.


38 posted on 04/03/2015 11:41:51 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: PROCON
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39 posted on 04/03/2015 11:44:38 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: hosepipe

bump


40 posted on 04/03/2015 11:46:33 PM PDT by GeronL (CLEARLY CRUZ 2016)
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