When a former “senior communications official at the White House” writes a blog post for
U.S. News and World Report,
you should be able to trust it. But when the author states that the
Keystone pipeline (should it be approved) would create only 19 weeks of
temporary jobs, everything else he says must be suspect—including the
claim that our “energy infrastructure will be 100% solar by 2030.”
I contacted both a union representative and one from TransCanada—the
company behind the Keystone pipeline. Each affirmed that the 19-week
timeframe was total fantasy. The portion of the Keystone pipeline that
remains to be built is 1,179 miles long—the vast majority of that within
the U.S.—with construction expected to take 2 years.
TransCanada’s spokesperson
Mark Cooper responded to
my query: “While some people belittle these jobs as temporary, we know
that without temporary construction jobs—and the hard work of the men
and women who do them—we wouldn’t have roads, highways, schools, or
hospitals. We wouldn’t have the Empire State Building, the Golden Gate
Bridge, or the Hoover Dam. So, I would say to these detractors: ‘It is
OK if you don’t like or support Keystone XL. But let’s stop putting down
the very people who have helped build America.’”
The premise of the
On the Edge blog post
is that we shouldn’t look at Keystone as a jobs creator. Instead, the
author claims, the jobs are in “solar energy disruption.” He is
frustrated that “GOP leaders almost universally ignore or disdain this
emerging energy economy.”
He states: “A third of all new electric generation in 2014 came from
solar. A new solar installation or project now occurs somewhere in the
U.S.—built by a team of American workers employed in the fastest growing
energy sector in the world—every 3 minutes.”
This may be true but, as you’ll see, it belies several important
details. Plenty of cause exists for Republican lawmakers to “disdain”
the growth in renewable energy.
If “a third of all new electric generation in 2014 came from solar,”
there is reason for it—and it does not include sound economics.
- See more at: http://www.cfact.org/2015/03/10/solar-power-propaganda-vs-the-real-world/#sthash.Hegk9qq5.dpuf
When a former “senior communications official at the White House” writes a blog post for
U.S. News and World Report,
you should be able to trust it. But when the author states that the
Keystone pipeline (should it be approved) would create only 19 weeks of
temporary jobs, everything else he says must be suspect—including the
claim that our “energy infrastructure will be 100% solar by 2030.”
I contacted both a union representative and one from TransCanada—the
company behind the Keystone pipeline. Each affirmed that the 19-week
timeframe was total fantasy. The portion of the Keystone pipeline that
remains to be built is 1,179 miles long—the vast majority of that within
the U.S.—with construction expected to take 2 years.
TransCanada’s spokesperson
Mark Cooper responded to
my query: “While some people belittle these jobs as temporary, we know
that without temporary construction jobs—and the hard work of the men
and women who do them—we wouldn’t have roads, highways, schools, or
hospitals. We wouldn’t have the Empire State Building, the Golden Gate
Bridge, or the Hoover Dam. So, I would say to these detractors: ‘It is
OK if you don’t like or support Keystone XL. But let’s stop putting down
the very people who have helped build America.’”
The premise of the
On the Edge blog post
is that we shouldn’t look at Keystone as a jobs creator. Instead, the
author claims, the jobs are in “solar energy disruption.” He is
frustrated that “GOP leaders almost universally ignore or disdain this
emerging energy economy.”
He states: “A third of all new electric generation in 2014 came from
solar. A new solar installation or project now occurs somewhere in the
U.S.—built by a team of American workers employed in the fastest growing
energy sector in the world—every 3 minutes.”
This may be true but, as you’ll see, it belies several important
details. Plenty of cause exists for Republican lawmakers to “disdain”
the growth in renewable energy.
If “a third of all new electric generation in 2014 came from solar,”
there is reason for it—and it does not include sound economics.
- See more at: http://www.cfact.org/2015/03/10/solar-power-propaganda-vs-the-real-world/#sthash.Hegk9qq5.dpuf
When a former “senior communications official at the White House” writes a blog post for
U.S. News and World Report,
you should be able to trust it. But when the author states that the
Keystone pipeline (should it be approved) would create only 19 weeks of
temporary jobs, everything else he says must be suspect—including the
claim that our “energy infrastructure will be 100% solar by 2030.”
I contacted both a union representative and one from TransCanada—the
company behind the Keystone pipeline. Each affirmed that the 19-week
timeframe was total fantasy. The portion of the Keystone pipeline that
remains to be built is 1,179 miles long—the vast majority of that within
the U.S.—with construction expected to take 2 years.
TransCanada’s spokesperson
Mark Cooper responded to
my query: “While some people belittle these jobs as temporary, we know
that without temporary construction jobs—and the hard work of the men
and women who do them—we wouldn’t have roads, highways, schools, or
hospitals. We wouldn’t have the Empire State Building, the Golden Gate
Bridge, or the Hoover Dam. So, I would say to these detractors: ‘It is
OK if you don’t like or support Keystone XL. But let’s stop putting down
the very people who have helped build America.’”
The premise of the
On the Edge blog post
is that we shouldn’t look at Keystone as a jobs creator. Instead, the
author claims, the jobs are in “solar energy disruption.” He is
frustrated that “GOP leaders almost universally ignore or disdain this
emerging energy economy.”
He states: “A third of all new electric generation in 2014 came from
solar. A new solar installation or project now occurs somewhere in the
U.S.—built by a team of American workers employed in the fastest growing
energy sector in the world—every 3 minutes.”
This may be true but, as you’ll see, it belies several important
details. Plenty of cause exists for Republican lawmakers to “disdain”
the growth in renewable energy.
If “a third of all new electric generation in 2014 came from solar,”
there is reason for it—and it does not include sound economics.
- See more at: http://www.cfact.org/2015/03/10/solar-power-propaganda-vs-the-real-world/#sthash.Hegk9qq5.dpuf
When a former “senior communications official at the White House” writes a blog post for
U.S. News and World Report,
you should be able to trust it. But when the author states that the
Keystone pipeline (should it be approved) would create only 19 weeks of
temporary jobs, everything else he says must be suspect—including the
claim that our “energy infrastructure will be 100% solar by 2030.”
I contacted both a union representative and one from TransCanada—the
company behind the Keystone pipeline. Each affirmed that the 19-week
timeframe was total fantasy. The portion of the Keystone pipeline that
remains to be built is 1,179 miles long—the vast majority of that within
the U.S.—with construction expected to take 2 years.
TransCanada’s spokesperson
Mark Cooper responded to
my query: “While some people belittle these jobs as temporary, we know
that without temporary construction jobs—and the hard work of the men
and women who do them—we wouldn’t have roads, highways, schools, or
hospitals. We wouldn’t have the Empire State Building, the Golden Gate
Bridge, or the Hoover Dam. So, I would say to these detractors: ‘It is
OK if you don’t like or support Keystone XL. But let’s stop putting down
the very people who have helped build America.’”
The premise of the
On the Edge blog post
is that we shouldn’t look at Keystone as a jobs creator. Instead, the
author claims, the jobs are in “solar energy disruption.” He is
frustrated that “GOP leaders almost universally ignore or disdain this
emerging energy economy.”
He states: “A third of all new electric generation in 2014 came from
solar. A new solar installation or project now occurs somewhere in the
U.S.—built by a team of American workers employed in the fastest growing
energy sector in the world—every 3 minutes.”
This may be true but, as you’ll see, it belies several important
details. Plenty of cause exists for Republican lawmakers to “disdain”
the growth in renewable energy.
If “a third of all new electric generation in 2014 came from solar,”
there is reason for it—and it does not include sound economics.
- See more at: http://www.cfact.org/2015/03/10/solar-power-propaganda-vs-the-real-world/#sthash.Hegk9qq5.dpuf
When a former “senior communications official at the White
House” writes a blog post for U.S. News and World Report, you should be able to
trust it. But when the author states that the Keystone pipeline (should it be
approved) would create only 19 weeks of temporary jobs, everything else he says
must be suspect—including the claim that our “energy infrastructure will be
100% solar by 2030.”
I contacted both a union representative and one from
TransCanada—the company behind the Keystone pipeline. Each affirmed that the
19-week timeframe was total fantasy. The portion of the Keystone pipeline that
remains to be built is 1,179 miles long—the vast majority of that within the
U.S.—with construction expected to take 2 years.
TransCanada’s spokesperson Mark Cooper responded to my
query: “While some people belittle these jobs as temporary, we know that
without temporary construction jobs—and the hard work of the men and women who
do them—we wouldn’t have roads, highways, schools, or hospitals. We wouldn’t
have the Empire State Building, the Golden Gate Bridge, or the Hoover Dam. So,
I would say to these detractors: ‘It is OK if you don’t like or support
Keystone XL. But let’s stop putting down the very people who have helped build
America.’”
The premise of the On the Edge blog post is that we shouldn’t
look at Keystone as a jobs creator. Instead, the author claims, the jobs are in
“solar energy disruption.” He is frustrated that “GOP leaders almost
universally ignore or disdain this emerging energy economy.”
He states: “A third of all new electric generation in 2014
came from solar. A new solar installation or project now occurs somewhere in
the U.S.—built by a team of American workers employed in the fastest growing
energy sector in the world—every 3 minutes.”
This may be true but, as you’ll see, it belies several
important details. Plenty of cause exists for Republican lawmakers to “disdain”
the growth in renewable energy.
If “a third of all new electric generation in 2014 came from
solar,” there is reason for it—and it does not include sound economics.
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Solar power propaganda vs. the real world
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