Considering the demand for power is growing across the board, at best wind will cut somewhat into annual growth rate.
So any jobs created in Wisconsin due to the wind energy industry would be additional ones for the state and will not displace any in the other energy industries.
However whether or not those jobs are cost effective, is a whole other matter.
If the jobs are created via market forces, that is a win. If via government mandate or subsidy, then they are not.
If windpower is an alternative, i.e., replacing other power, wouldn't it just be replacing jobs, not creating them?
ReplyDeleteNo: these jobs are in start-ups, with new engineering, transportation, maintenance, etc.
ReplyDeleteBut isn't the premise of wind that it shuts down other sources, hence jobs? That the new jobs target the old jobs?
ReplyDeleteYour premise is faulty.
ReplyDeleteConsidering the demand for power is growing across the board, at best wind will cut somewhat into annual growth rate.
So any jobs created in Wisconsin due to the wind energy industry would be additional ones for the state and will not displace any in the other energy industries.
However whether or not those jobs are cost effective, is a whole other matter.
If the jobs are created via market forces, that is a win. If via government mandate or subsidy, then they are not.