What exactly are green jobs?
Dana asked a question yesterday regarding green jobs.
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And it got me thinking. What exactly are green jobs. You hear the word used in the news often but to me it seems like a rather nebulous concept. Are they jobs that conserve energy? Promote cleaner energy? Is a green job a manufacturer for solar panels? What if a manufacturing plant makes solar panels and equipment for coal fired power plants (hypothetical) are new jobs created at the plant considered “green” jobs or brown jobs?
It is kind of vague, and probably the definition is a little different for everyone. Some jobs are obviously going to be much greener than others.
An entrepreneur who starts his own solar company would probably be considered greener than a materials scientist working on a new polymer for wind turbine blades. And that scientist would probably be considered greener than a mechanical engineer who works on improving energy efficiency in buildings. And then he would probably be considered greener than a bus driver.
Just like there’s some overlap between blue and white collar, ‘green collar’ is not really a very concrete term.
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