Beaver@lemmy.ca to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 months agoU.S. is seeing a boom in clean energy jobswww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down10
arrow-up1114arrow-down1external-linkU.S. is seeing a boom in clean energy jobswww.cbsnews.comBeaver@lemmy.ca to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months agoWhat?! But I was told renewables were going to cost us jobs!
minus-squareFrostyCaveman@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoRenewables’ EROEI will be sufficiently low compared to now such that the need for human powered manual labour will vastly increase. More jobs! (Note, the EROEI on non renewables will be effectively zero, as they will be gone, so there isn’t a choice)
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months ago EROEI Energy returned on energy invested
What?! But I was told renewables were going to cost us jobs!
Renewables’ EROEI will be sufficiently low compared to now such that the need for human powered manual labour will vastly increase. More jobs!
(Note, the EROEI on non renewables will be effectively zero, as they will be gone, so there isn’t a choice)
Energy returned on energy invested