tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12339127.post7772414569406388138..comments2024-01-13T01:17:55.325-06:00Comments on Tom Nelson: The Green Jobs DebacleTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08119241500221931600noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12339127.post-5398134944594802142012-10-09T16:20:07.569-05:002012-10-09T16:20:07.569-05:00My guess would be Van Jones is full of it per usua...My guess would be Van Jones is full of it per usual. The entirety of the solar industry is going bust, The EV market is basically a non-starter. The subsidized domestic battery mfr's (actually not even green per se)are failing. A better question would be where is an actual govt subsidized green success?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12339127.post-90730829328728372652012-10-08T11:41:12.510-05:002012-10-08T11:41:12.510-05:00Tom, the rebuttle from the green camp is that ther...Tom, the rebuttle from the green camp is that there are far more successes than failures. Van Jones claims "...the failure rate is lower than Congress anticipated when they created these programs -- and, while we're on the topic, higher than Romney's 80% success rate at Bain Capital.", but doesn't provide a data source to back that up. (http://www.ktvz.com/news/Van-Jones-Romney-green-jobs-distortion/-/413192/16884024/-/sae3ojz/-/index.html)<br /><br />Is there any legitimacy to the claim that there are a significant number of success stories coming from goverment's green energy investments?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com