PA Env. Sec. McDonnell touts 1/3 jobs from "clean" energy in PA -- Twice number of workers fossil fuel employs - But how much energy does 'clean' produce?!
U.S. Energy Information Administration "For the 2017 reporting year, 14.2% of the electricity sold to PA's retail customers was generated by qualifying alternative energy sources, and almost 0.3% was solar power'
AEI 2017 on U.S.: ‘It takes 79 solar workers to produce same amount of electric power as one coal worker’
"Green energy ‘investments’ at solar facility employing 5 workers, relying on $54 million in taxpayer subsidies — ‘That comes out to $10.8 million in tax-dollar subsidies per employee’
Should we care about how much energy all of these 'clean' energy workers produce!?
398,000 natural gas workers = 33.8% of all electricity generated in U.S in 2016
* 160,000 coal employees = 30.4 % of total electricity
* 100,000 wind employees = 5.6% of total electricity
398,000 natural gas workers = 33.8% of all electricity generated in U.S in 2016
* 160,000 coal employees = 30.4 % of total electricity
* 100,000 wind employees = 5.6% of total electricity
* 374,000 solar workers = 0.9% of total electricity
Those 'clean' energy jobs they tout seem like they rely heavily on government subsidies to produce very little energy! Fossil fuel workers are efficient, productive and cost-effective.
