Study: Solar power could add 123,000 new jobs by 2020

Business Wire ^ | 7/3/2007 | Staff

[P-40]

Plenty of studies already exist by whatever category one could want.

[WOSG]

You continue to flog a dead horse. Nuclear used fuel is a non-issue and is only been used as an ‘issue’ by anti-nuclear activists to gull the uninformed into thinking there is a problem, where there is not.

Waste stream volumes are small, the methods to store it safely are known and used, etc.
http://www.nei.org/index.asp?catnum=2&catid=62

court challenges are pretty much resolved, its going ahead:
http://www.nei.org/index.asp?catnum=2&catid=310

Again, we dont even need long-term storage. Nuclear used fuel could be recycled until there are no actinide elements at all.

[P-40]

Nuclear used fuel is a non-issue

You are talking 'non-issue' from a technical standpoint. I am addressing the political standpoint. That is far, far, far from being solved. 'Pretty much solved' is being incredibly optimistic and I don't put that much faith in the American public nor our elected officials.

[WOSG]

Nuclear power does not have a bad rap, it polls very well.

http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/library/opinion-polls/nuclear-energy/two-thirds-support-nuclear-energy.htm
“Survey Finds Two-thirds of Americans Support Use of Nuclear Energy”

http://www.nei.org/index.asp?catnum=3&catid=503
July 2005:
“Record-High 70 Percent Favor Nuclear Energy; Public Supports Planning for More Plants”

I think what sierraWasp is telling you is that you shouldn’t be peddling the discredited talking points of the anti-nuclear left. After almost 40 years of safe commercial electricity generation in the US, nuclear energy has gained a lot of credibility as an environmentally friendly, non-GHG-emitting, safe and economical source of energy. it can and should be part of our future energy mix, and people in the US agree with that view.

We can and we should increase our use of nuclear energy significantly in the future as we get beyond the fossil fuel age.

[EGPWS]

Plenty of studies already exist by whatever category one could want.

Thats my point, free Enterprise needs no study for it in itself has created the greatest, most powerful, most respected and most desired sovereign nation on earth.

It "ain't" so bad living in the USA!

Unless you want to prove me wrong, then perhaps we need a study. ; )

[WOSG]

“You are talking ‘non-issue’ from a technical standpoint. I am addressing the political standpoint.”

See above post. it’s a non-issue politically as well, nuclear energy has wide support.

[unspun]

That would be nice — along with better use of coal and more drilling in Alaska and the Gulf (and such things as hydrogen from sea water, etc.).

[P-40]

Nuclear power does not have a bad rap, it polls very well.

Nuclear power polls very well...so long as the nuclear plant is nowhere near the person being polled. Here in Texas we are building nuclear plants again. I even have property near one and it does not bother me a bit.

We can and we should increase our use of nuclear energy significantly

I'm all for it, but it is going to be a fight. I am also for a mix of energy generating sources for both domestic and transportation uses distributed country wide.

[EGPWS]

We can and we should increase our use of nuclear energy significantly in the future as we get beyond the fossil fuel age.

It's safe, environmentally not intrusive, very efficient, and yet it is undesirable politically.

Go figure....

[EGPWS]

I am also for a mix of energy generating sources for both domestic and transportation uses distributed country wide.

A mix?

How about what's best for us in total as a nation mixed or not?

[P-40]

How about what's best for us in total as a nation mixed or not?

Not being reliant on only one or two power sources for the majority of our energy needs is best for the nation.

[kabar]

123,000 jobs is a mere blip on the radar for the US, which will have a total population of 336 million by 2020.

[P-40]

In the areas where they want to put some of these plants, a company offering a hundred jobs would be a major employer. :)

[EGPWS]

Not being reliant on only one or two power sources for the majority of our energy needs is best for the nation.

Lest we let business take it's course independently and decide without politicians deciding instead for political reasons.

One shouldn't lose focus as to why life is good relatively speaking and why many want to be here in the greatest country known to mankind.

Point being, let business decide via sales via the public.

We know better and business will cater to us to survive.

That way, life will maintain it's status of being good.

[P-40]

Point being, let business decide via sales via the public.

Like getting 60% of our energy needs for transportation from foreign sources where many of the providers are countries that would prefer to see us dead? Sorry but if the consumer knows the product, they can provide the feedback a business needs to make good decisions....but when the public has no idea at all....sometimes oversight is called for.

[EGPWS]

Comic relief is good for the soul.

And a requirement for survival in a free nation. ; )

[kabar]

Jobs are jobs, but in the grand scheme of things, the reason to go solar should not be tied to the number of jobs it creates. I am sure that we would create more jobs doubling or tripling the number of our nuclear plants.

[P-40]

the reason to go solar should not be tied to the number of jobs it creates.

That wasn't the reason...just one of the benefits.

[RightWhale]

getting 60% of our energy needs for transportation from foreign sources

We could easily cut back that much if we had to.

[EGPWS]

Like getting 60% of our energy needs for transportation from foreign sources where many of the providers are countries that would prefer to see us dead?

It "ain't" getting our needs or where we get them, it's why and who is behind it.

If you are so dead set on closing the market to domestic only without government regulation making it happen, I won't call you an idiot, I'll just consider you confused.