Congressman Jay Inslee, and candidate for Washington Governor, asks us to strengthen our support for clean, renewable energy. Americans want clean energy. They know that it will be an engine to create good paying jobs for the Working Class in the state of Washington and elsewhere in the country, and they are willing to make an upfront investment into it for the generation of employment and clean energy for the future.
Most forms of renewable energy (and I will add efficiency and conservation) generate more jobs per dollar of capital intensive than do other source of energy. The Washington State Department of Commerce wrote similar in “A Brief Analysis of the Economic Benefits of Wind Power in Washington State”. The same applies to making the housing stock more energy efficient by installing more insulation and weather stripping.
The video is from ClimateBrad at www.ThinkProgress.org