The idea of green jobs is not really an idea; it has been a fantasy or a long time.
I have been involved in the alternative energy and related fields since the late 1960s including wind generators, small hydroelectric generators and countless hippie solutions for living off the grid.
Frankly we tried just about everything in the 1970’s. Until you have heard a noisy wind generator on the next hill wake you up in the morning, until you have taken a luke warm shower from a black water tank, until you have looked at the pay back data for a solar panel, invested in special solar reactive windows or looked at a dozen hightech energy producing devices and battery patents, you haven’t explored green jobs
At this point, 40 years later, very little profitability has been found in the green tech world, or the clean tech world. Everything that works at all has been improved to the point where it is almost marketable. ‘Almost’ means it needs government subsidies.
The obvious shortcomings remain the obvious shortcomings. Solar and wind need storage and we don’t have it. All sources of energy must be transmitted because virtually none of it is inherently decentralized and efficient.
The technological future of green is trivial unless you believe in global warming. The way to know this for certain is to look at Jennifer Rubin's summary or to look at the current direction of Kleiner Perkins, the lead high-tech investment firm.. A Kleiner Perkins chief, John Doerr, has cried publicly about global warming and begged everyone on his knees to help him support green tech. But his firm has decided to ignore the field and focus on the Internet again.
I’m sure that one out of 200, green tech or clean tech ventures will succeed in reaching breakeven but there is no way of guessing which might be that one. Any other use of the money would generate ten times more jobs.
I have been involved in the alternative energy and related fields since the late 1960s including wind generators, small hydroelectric generators and countless hippie solutions for living off the grid.
At this point, 40 years later, very little profitability has been found in the green tech world, or the clean tech world. Everything that works at all has been improved to the point where it is almost marketable. ‘Almost’ means it needs government subsidies.
The obvious shortcomings remain the obvious shortcomings. Solar and wind need storage and we don’t have it. All sources of energy must be transmitted because virtually none of it is inherently decentralized and efficient.
The technological future of green is trivial unless you believe in global warming. The way to know this for certain is to look at Jennifer Rubin's summary or to look at the current direction of Kleiner Perkins, the lead high-tech investment firm.. A Kleiner Perkins chief, John Doerr, has cried publicly about global warming and begged everyone on his knees to help him support green tech. But his firm has decided to ignore the field and focus on the Internet again.
I’m sure that one out of 200, green tech or clean tech ventures will succeed in reaching breakeven but there is no way of guessing which might be that one. Any other use of the money would generate ten times more jobs.