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Quote'Green jobs' in the German renewables sector have collapsed by 50 percent in less than a decade.



No prizes for guessing where they've gone instead – but here's a clue: it begins with 'C' and ends with '-hina'.



According to Clean Energy Wire in their report of the findings of Europe's largest trade union confederation:



The number of jobs in the German renewables sector (production and installation) has fallen from about 300,000 in 2011 to around 150,000 in 2018, the German Trade Union Association (DGB) found in an analysis of employment in the energy transition.



The drop in employment is mostly due to the collapse of Germany's solar power industry over the past decade, as many companies were forced out of business thanks to cheaper competitors from China scooping up most of the market. The number of jobs in solar PV panel production and installation fell from a record 133,000 in 2011 to under 28,000 seven years later.



In the wind industry, the number of jobs dropped from its record of roughly 108,000 in 2016 to under 70,000 just two years later. "Employment with respect to construction renewable energy installations has been very dynamic in the last 20 years, both in a negative and in a positive way," the DGB said, arguing that many more jobs could be created in the sector again.



There are two key points to be made here. First, China is not remotely interested in green issues — or 'clean' energy — except insofar as it enables it to gain a competitive advantage over the West while it continues full steam ahead with its fossil fuel-powered industries.



Second, the 'green jobs' promised by everyone from President Joe Biden to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson as one of the benefits of their proposed Net-Zero revolutions are a myth. Or, if you prefer, a blatant lie.



This was predicted in a Global Warming Policy Foundation report published ten years ago by Dr. Gordon Hughes, Professor of Economics at the University of Edinburgh.



He wrote then:



For the longer term, there is little doubt that the primary beneficiary [of green energy policies] will be China. That is already apparent from the way the market is developing.



Renewable energy, he added, will always be a net-jobs killer because of its effects on the broader economy. By driving up the cost of energy — perhaps doubling it — and diverting capital spending from more efficient sectors of the economy, renewables destroy more jobs than they create.



In terms of the labour market, the gains for a small number of actual or potential employees in businesses specialising in renewable energy has to be weighed against the dismal prospects for a much larger group of workers producing tradable goods in the rest of the manufacturing sector.



We can't say we weren't warned. Net Zero is a looming disaster and the politicians steering us towards it are doing so with their eyes wide open – and their tongues as forked as a snake's.

Quote from: "iron horse jockey" post_id=401381 time=1612929226 user_id=2015
Green jobs for China. Job losses for people in Canada and the States.

Quote'Green jobs' in the German renewables sector have collapsed by 50 percent in less than a decade.



No prizes for guessing where they've gone instead – but here's a clue: it begins with 'C' and ends with '-hina'.



According to Clean Energy Wire in their report of the findings of Europe's largest trade union confederation:



The number of jobs in the German renewables sector (production and installation) has fallen from about 300,000 in 2011 to around 150,000 in 2018, the German Trade Union Association (DGB) found in an analysis of employment in the energy transition.



The drop in employment is mostly due to the collapse of Germany's solar power industry over the past decade, as many companies were forced out of business thanks to cheaper competitors from China scooping up most of the market. The number of jobs in solar PV panel production and installation fell from a record 133,000 in 2011 to under 28,000 seven years later.



In the wind industry, the number of jobs dropped from its record of roughly 108,000 in 2016 to under 70,000 just two years later. "Employment with respect to construction renewable energy installations has been very dynamic in the last 20 years, both in a negative and in a positive way," the DGB said, arguing that many more jobs could be created in the sector again.



There are two key points to be made here. First, China is not remotely interested in green issues — or 'clean' energy — except insofar as it enables it to gain a competitive advantage over the West while it continues full steam ahead with its fossil fuel-powered industries.



Second, the 'green jobs' promised by everyone from President Joe Biden to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson as one of the benefits of their proposed Net-Zero revolutions are a myth. Or, if you prefer, a blatant lie.



This was predicted in a Global Warming Policy Foundation report published ten years ago by Dr. Gordon Hughes, Professor of Economics at the University of Edinburgh.



He wrote then:



For the longer term, there is little doubt that the primary beneficiary [of green energy policies] will be China. That is already apparent from the way the market is developing.



Renewable energy, he added, will always be a net-jobs killer because of its effects on the broader economy. By driving up the cost of energy — perhaps doubling it — and diverting capital spending from more efficient sectors of the economy, renewables destroy more jobs than they create.



In terms of the labour market, the gains for a small number of actual or potential employees in businesses specialising in renewable energy has to be weighed against the dismal prospects for a much larger group of workers producing tradable goods in the rest of the manufacturing sector.



We can't say we weren't warned. Net Zero is a looming disaster and the politicians steering us towards it are doing so with their eyes wide open – and their tongues as forked as a snake's.

https://climatechangedispatch.com/green-jobs-collapse-in-germany-go-to-china-instead-surprised/?fbclid=IwAR0IDf6AKrAa1PFsmK4GLHbDdL-roAbfSCdn345ZPkfuG-qYu6GchNZVdyU

Quote from: cc post_id=401397 time=1612934455 user_id=88
True they don't care about climate at all. However, because our leaders think its so vital china will happily produce whatever our leaders want . .and laff all the way to the bank and own us more and more every day



china is smart, ruthless and has a smart plan for domination. All Western  leadership has  none of those 3 essentials and has no clue what china's plans are and willingly help china meet its objectives

Quote from: "Shen Li" post_id=401401 time=1612935472 user_id=56
We know the West better than Westernerts know themselves. Despite what some of you think, China does care about conservation. However, the climate emergency is a product of our UN division. You become even more dependent on us. We become richer, you cut your own throats.

Quote from: "iron horse jockey" post_id=401406 time=1612937934 user_id=2015

Quote from: "Shen Li" post_id=401401 time=1612935472 user_id=56
We know the West better than Westernerts know themselves. Despite what some of you think, China does care about conservation. However, the climate emergency is a product of our UN division. You become even more dependent on us. We become richer, you cut your own throats.

Aren't you smug. A lot of things could go wrong with China's plans.

Quote from: cc post_id=401397 time=1612934455 user_id=88
True they don't care about climate at all. However, because our leaders think its so vital, china will happily produce whatever our leaders want . .and laff all the way to the bank and own us more and more every day



china is smart, ruthless and has a smart plan for domination. All Western  leadership has  none of those 3 essentials and has no clue what china's plans are and / or are only too  willingly help china meet its objectives



I understand Germany (of all counties)  sold them the farm today .. gotta read up on that more

Quote from: seoulbro post_id=401416 time=1612976334 user_id=114
Well compensated workers in the resource sector who've lost their jobs due to climate extremism will be waiting forever for comparable green jobs.

Quote from: "Oliver Clotheshoffe" post_id=401451 time=1612993455 user_id=3349

Quote from: seoulbro post_id=401416 time=1612976334 user_id=114
Well compensated workers in the resource sector who've lost their jobs due to climate extremism will be waiting forever for comparable green jobs.

John Kerry says they can go build solar panels.