Green Collar Jobs Will Make Ohio Stronger

[Dan Moadus]

I'm so sick of hearing "green" this and "green" that. And I 'm sick of hearing these people whine about "green" jobs. There are no green jobs. They only exist when some politician cons other politicians into subsidizing idiotic windmills. When the subsidies stop, the investment stops.

If government wants to spend money on "make work" jobs, let them continue to pave roads. At least we all get something out of that.

[Rick Rowlands]

A few comments:

Green Collar Jobs Will Make Ohio Stronger

Green collar jobs arewhat's needed in turning Ohio's faltering economy around. John Kasich can talk about his tax cuts plans and Ted Strickland can talk about being from Duck Run, but in the end we will need a Governor who believes and promotes green jobs in the state of Ohio.

Green-collar jobs are good jobs. Like blue-collar jobs, green-collar jobs pay family wages and provide opportunities for advancement along a career track of increasing skills and wages. A job that does something for the planet, and little to nothing for the people or the economy, is not a green-collar job. The green economy cannot be built with solar sweat shops and Wal-Mart wind farms.

Most green-collar jobs are middle-skill jobs requiring more education than high school, but less than a four-year degree -- and are well within reach for lower-skilled and low-income workers as long as they have access to effective training programs Tax money used to pay for training for people who have not taken advantage of the free 12 years of school we've already given themand appropriate supports. We must ensure that all green-collar jobs strategies provide opportunities for low-income people Are not citizens with higher incomes worthy of green collar jobs?to take the first step on a pathway from poverty to economic self-sufficiency.

The green economy demands workers with new skill sets. Some green collar jobs -- say renewable energy technicians -- are brand new. But even more are existing jobs that are being transformed as industries transition to a clean energy economy: computer control operators who can cut steel for wind towers as well as for submarines; or mechanics who can fix an electric engine as well as an internal combustion engine. We Who is WE? The free market does this automatically.  Government is incapable of doing this.need identify the specific skills the green economy demands. Then we need to invest CODE WORD for taking YOUR money by force to spend against your will on something you probably don't wantin creating new training programs and retooling existing training programs to meet the demand.

Much of the work we have to do to green our economy involves transforming the places that we live and work I happen to like the place that I live and work and don't think that it needs to change.  Besides we voted for change in 2008 and we learned that unless the change is specified you could get a change into something you do not wantand the way we get around. These jobs are difficult or impossible to offshore. Pure BS. Multinational companies are the only ones with the resources to build turbines, and they build them with parts sourced from wherever in the world they can get them cheapest.  Installation jobs cannot be outsourced, but they are temporary at bestFor instance, you can't pick up a house, send it to China to have solar panels installed, and have it shipped back. In addition, one of the major sources of manufacturing jobs -- a sector that has been extensively off-shored -- are components parts for wind towers and turbines. Because of their size and related high transportation costs, they are most cost-effectively produced as near as possible to wind-farm sites. This is wrong too.  It is most cost effective to built one plant in which to make the components,and since turbines and panels are subsidized by government the added cost of long distance transport is not as important. Cities and communities should begin thinking now about ways their green strategies can also create local jobs.

Urban and rural America have both been negatively impacted over the past decades by a failure to invest in their growth What exactly does that mean? This country has been growing nonstop since its creation.-- green-collar jobs provide an opportunity to reclaim these areas for the benefit of local residents. From new transit spending and energy audits in inner cities to windmills and biomass in our nation's heartlandWhoa there!!! You just posted to this forum your opposition to biomass in Ohio.  So which is it?  Are you against biomass or for it?, green jobs mean a reinvestment in the communities hardest hit in recent decades.

This may be obvious. The "green" in green-collar is about preserving and enhancing environmental quality. Green-collar jobs are in the growing industries that are helping us kick the oil habitActually solar panels and windmills create electrical power which is not efficiently usable as a transportation fuel, while oil is the perfect transportation fuel, curb greenhouse-gas emissions, eliminate toxins, and protect natural systems.

Green-collar workers are installing solar panels, retrofitting buildings to make them more efficient, constructing transit lines, refining waste oil into biodiesel, erecting wind farms, repairing hybrid cars, building green rooftops, planting trees, and so much more. All being paid for by taxpayers in one form or another, while basic government services such as infrastructure, police and fire protection and defense don't have enough moneyAnd they are doing it today. There are already many green-collar jobs in America. But there could be so many more if we focus our economic strategies More code language for taking taxpayer money against your willon growing a green economy.

Dennis S. Spisak-Green Party of Ohio Nominee for Governor

www.votespisak.org/governor/

www.dennisspisak.com

for more info, contact 330-503-1407

[irishbobcat]

Green Collar Jobs Will Make Ohio Stronger

Green collar jobs arewhat's needed in turning Ohio's faltering economy around. John Kasich can talk about his tax cuts plans and Ted Strickland can talk about being from Duck Run, but in the end we will need a Governor who believes and promotes green jobs in the state of Ohio.

Green-collar jobs are good jobs. Like blue-collar jobs, green-collar jobs pay family wages and provide opportunities for advancement along a career track of increasing skills and wages. A job that does something for the planet, and little to nothing for the people or the economy, is not a green-collar job. The green economy cannot be built with solar sweat shops and Wal-Mart wind farms.

Most green-collar jobs are middle-skill jobs requiring more education than high school, but less than a four-year degree -- and are well within reach for lower-skilled and low-income workers as long as they have access to effective training programs and appropriate supports. We must ensure that all green-collar jobs strategies provide opportunities for low-income people to take the first step on a pathway from poverty to economic self-sufficiency.

The green economy demands workers with new skill sets. Some green collar jobs -- say renewable energy technicians -- are brand new. But even more are existing jobs that are being transformed as industries transition to a clean energy economy: computer control operators who can cut steel for wind towers as well as for submarines; or mechanics who can fix an electric engine as well as an internal combustion engine. We need identify the specific skills the green economy demands. Then we need to invest in creating new training programs and retooling existing training programs to meet the demand.

Much of the work we have to do to green our economy involves transforming the places that we live and work and the way we get around. These jobs are difficult or impossible to offshore. For instance, you can't pick up a house, send it to China to have solar panels installed, and have it shipped back. In addition, one of the major sources of manufacturing jobs -- a sector that has been extensively off-shored -- are components parts for wind towers and turbines. Because of their size and related high transportation costs, they are most cost-effectively produced as near as possible to wind-farm sites. Cities and communities should begin thinking now about ways their green strategies can also create local jobs.

Urban and rural America have both been negatively impacted over the past decades by a failure to invest in their growth -- green-collar jobs provide an opportunity to reclaim these areas for the benefit of local residents. From new transit spending and energy audits in inner cities to windmills and biomass in our nation's heartland, green jobs mean a reinvestment in the communities hardest hit in recent decades.

This may be obvious. The "green" in green-collar is about preserving and enhancing environmental quality. Green-collar jobs are in the growing industries that are helping us kick the oil habit, curb greenhouse-gas emissions, eliminate toxins, and protect natural systems.

Green-collar workers are installing solar panels, retrofitting buildings to make them more efficient, constructing transit lines, refining waste oil into biodiesel, erecting wind farms, repairing hybrid cars, building green rooftops, planting trees, and so much more. And they are doing it today. There are already many green-collar jobs in America. But there could be so many more if we focus our economic strategies on growing a green economy.

Dennis S. Spisak-Green Party of Ohio Nominee for Governor

www.votespisak.org/governor/

www.dennisspisak.com

for more info, contact 330-503-1407