Comments on: Would You Vote for a Green Energy Act to Create 50,000 Jobs? http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/02/25/would-you-vote-for-a-green-energy-act-to-create-50000-jobs/ News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world. Fri, 25 May 2012 11:42:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Eric http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/02/25/would-you-vote-for-a-green-energy-act-to-create-50000-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-54767 Eric Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:50:16 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=2396#comment-54767 I am all for it! I am all for it!

]]> By: tre_03 http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/02/25/would-you-vote-for-a-green-energy-act-to-create-50000-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-54766 tre_03 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:13:13 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=2396#comment-54766 The problem I have with the renewable or "green" energy is that it's creating a new entity to compete in an energy market that is already (in the majority of cases) meeting demand. What this means is that a green energy company will begin to steal customers from the existing energy companies. With a reduced customer base, these companies will have no choice but to either raise it's rates (and become non-competitive) or start cutting jobs. If this happens privately, fine. But how would you feel if the government used your tax dollars to pay for someone to take your job? The problem I have with the renewable or “green” energy is that it’s creating a new entity to compete in an energy market that is already (in the majority of cases) meeting demand.

What this means is that a green energy company will begin to steal customers from the existing energy companies. With a reduced customer base, these companies will have no choice but to either raise it’s rates (and become non-competitive) or start cutting jobs.

If this happens privately, fine. But how would you feel if the government used your tax dollars to pay for someone to take your job?

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