Opinion: 'Renewable energy certificates' are a feel-good scam [which is, in turn, layered on top of the climate scam] - San Jose Mercury News

College students and corporations, including Intel and Cisco, are getting fleeced by green-energy scammers.

Today, hundreds of universities and companies enthusiastically purchase billions of credible-sounding "Renewable Energy Certificates" in the belief that their investments are developing alternative energy sources, such as wind and solar power. They are doing no such thing. Instead of unwittingly buying empty bragging rights, these schools and corporate players should pay for real energy projects with measurable impacts, like rooftop solar panels and improvements in energy efficiency.
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Daniel Press is professor and chair of the Environmental Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He wrote this article for the Mercury News.

Bravo, IREA: Colorado’s largest electric co-op speaks out against global warming scam

William Schroeder Jr., a former Republican state lawmaker who now serves as the manager of public affairs for the IREA, was unavailable to comment on Galvin’s allegations, but did confirm to the Colorado Independent on March 1 the IREA’s position on global warming is that it’s based on junk science.

Ben Pile: How much would you pay for 400,000 new green jobs? • The Register

"Are these new jobs in these new industries going to be wealth-creating ones, or are they simply going to be reliant on funding which has to come from somewhere else? You can't just create new jobs in a sector which is politically appealing without there being knock-on effects further on in the economy," says Tom Clougherty Executive Director of the Adam Smith Institute.

You don’t need to be a free-market advocate or climate sceptic to see the point. The green sector can’t yet stand on its own two feet. If we want to create more jobs, it might be more sensible to invest in sectors that are capable of producing wealth, rather than merely absorbing it. ®