This started as a comment in this Diary
It has I believe grabbed a life of it's own now, so I am putting these questions to all of DKOS.
As this comment:
What Drove the Job Creation is missing in the diary and in real life
the 40's was the War, the 50's, 60's and 70's was manufacturing for the consumer generation, the 80's and 90's were technology. since the Dot com bubble burst, there has been NO new invention that is being adopted world wide, and no consumer generation.
What do you propose WOULD cause a new surge in job creation? I wonder this each and every time that stupid American Express commercial comes on, small businesses are create low paying, no benefit jobs. Be honest.
A good deal of the job stimulus suggestions surrounded Green technology, my thoughts on that are here:
Have you ever heard of Sempra or any of the Energy brokers I mean holding companies?
IF we go green, as has been suggested, to kick start production,and create jobs. WHAT is the current energy brokers incentive?
Once I put in Solar panels, which by the way cost almost same as they did when they were new, and produce very little power in comparison to fossil fuels, I no longer need an energy broker. I am sure these powerful people and companies will not go quietly into the night.
I will not need to replace my solar panels for 10 - 15 years, this is not a good ROI (return on investment) for any corporation. They need year in year out returns, preferably in the double digits.
Should I choose Wind power, and create Wind farms, I could still need an energy broker, but, these are considered "intermittent" power sources, and can not be called on for "demand" increase times as fossil fuel power plants can.
There is a distinct lack of knowledge on how power is bought and paid for, power plants are required to produce X Mega Watts per hour, and are penalized for over or under producing. How would that structure fit in Solar or Wind? what is the incentive?
For each of these technologies, should you choose to go Green on your personal home or small business, the incentive is actually a dis-incentive, in my state, and the three surrounding states, it would cost around $40,000 to become energy independent. My state offers a $2,000 grant and the feds top out at 50% but generally only offer another 2K. At my current electric bill rate my ROI is 8.33 years, so I only gain a benefit for less than 2 years, and then I need another 40K.
And best of all, you can not just sell your energy back to the electric company easily. I have researched this extensively, as my son has a new solar panel company.
All of the "Green" answers are not profitable, and this is Corporate America. No backing no success. Why do you think GE is not spearheading this?