Mr. Blumer, why did you truncate Mr. Jones’ quote on green-collar jobs? He was definitely talking about much more than recycling pop cans.
From your Washington Post link:
“MR. JONES: Sure. Yeah. A green job and especially a green-collar job is a blue-collar job that has been upgraded and up-skilled to better respect the environment.
00:04:28 So, for instance, you’re talking about the–the guys who put up the solar panels or–or the women who put up solar panels. You’re talking about people who are manufacturing wind turbines and putting those up, people who weatherize and retrofit buildings, so they don’t waste so much energy, but, also, you’re talking about the middle of the country. We’re also talking about rural green jobs. For instance, it’s not just about manufacturing those wind turbines in the cities. You’ve got to deploy them, and that’s got to be deployed out in rural America. You also have the opportunity to have green jobs in crops to energy, so-called “smart biofuels,” or wood to energy.”
