Posted on 08/14/2010 8:22:09 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The Obama administration and Congress share a single, ambitious goal when it comes to renewable energy: they want to beat China and win the global green race.
An unique agreement has been forged between the United Steelworkers union and Chinese wind turbine supplier A-Power Systems, which has been leading an effort to develop a 600 megawatts wind farm in West Texas. Since its rollout last fall, the project has been rocked by deep political opposition led by Senators Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio). Both have argued that the project’s best paying jobs would stay in China and the U.S. would only get temporary, low-paying jobs.
This does make for a bad headline.
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Both have argued that the project’s best paying jobs would stay in China and the U.S. would only get temporary, low-paying jobs.Hey, I have an idea. Open a wind turbin plant here instead...
What? We can't because we have more prohibitive regulations on business than the Red Communist Chinese have?
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