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Nov 24

"False Hype" about Green Energy ...... "reality" trumps "pro-green opinions"

Reblogged from The Big Green Lie:

The World Trade Organization has ruled against Ontario's Green Energy Act and the rhetoric "defending" Dalton McGuinty's Green agenda is quickly flooding the pro green media's pages.

Yesterday an opinion piece from the Toronto Star by Ken Neumann who is the National Director of the United Steel Workers carries many statements that are not only misleading but could be described as out and out "fantasy"!

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Another great post by The Big Green Lie

Nov 24

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Ireland — Wind energy will destroy Irish jobs says professor of economics at Sussex University

Vincent Ryan — The Irish Examiner — November 24, 2012

Wind energy will slow down the economy and destroy Irish jobs, according to a professor of economics at Sussex University.

Richard Tol, who formerly worked with the Economic and Social Research Institute, spoke after Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton announced the Government’s policy statement on growth and employment in the green economy, which claimed 10,000 jobs could be created in the sector.

Prof Tol said that expanding the sector will result in more jobs, but it is not as simple as that.

“It is obvious that green energy employs people, so if you expand the sector you will need more people,” said Prof Tol. “What this estimate forgets is that we are not using more energy. If you create jobs in one sector of the energy industry, then you will be destroying them in another.”

Among the Government’s plans is a commitment to create 200MW of renewable generation connected to the grid each year.

The Irish Wind Energy Association has welcomed this commitment.

“We welcome this document’s reiteration of support for the production of domestic wind energy through Renewable Energy Feed-In Tariffs, and also the Government’s recognition that the wind sector can provide significant energy exporting potential,” a spokesperson for the association said.

Prof Tol said the main beneficiaries of Irish wind energy would be manufacturers of wind turbines, the majority of which are based abroad, and added that this is where the real jobs will be created by any growth in the sector.

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