https://archive.ph/AK4vz
"At least $25.7 billion in new US clean-energy factories are in the works,
thanks in part to the generous subsidies in President Joe Biden’s landmark
climate law. Most of these projects — and the jobs that come with them — are in
traditionally conservative states.
In Dalton, Georgia, green energy hasn’t been a priority. Its Congressional
representative, Marjorie Taylor Greene, has said that “Earth warming and carbon
is actually healthy for us.”
But as I learned during a visit there last month, a new solar-panel factory is
changing minds in the city of 34,000. Indeed, the presence of new jobs is
transforming solar power into a tangible community benefit.
Analysts say there’s a lesson in that: The new jobs at these green
factories may function as a political game-changer. “That may be an implicit
long-term strategy for the Democrats: With domestic manufacturing likely in
traditional Republican districts, the partisan split may soften on renewables,”
Timothy Fox, an analyst at ClearView Energy Partners, told me."
Via
Future Crunch issue 193:
https://futurecrunch.com/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
