"Massive offshore wind project could generate 70,000 new jobs"
http://grist.org/business-technology/mas...-new-jobs/
"In May of 2011, our David Roberts deemed the Atlantic Wind Connection “a Big Deal.” His capitalization. The project, funded in part by Google’s energy-focused subsidiary, would install a massive transmission backbone along the Eastern seaboard connected to a series of offshore wind farms.
And according to a new estimate commissioned by project backers, it could create more than 70,000 new jobs."
"This doesn’t include the jobs that will be created at gas stations as anti-wind activists drive up and down the coast protesting children." (http://grist.org/wind-power/americans-fo...ying-kids/)
http://grist.org/business-technology/mas...-new-jobs/
"In May of 2011, our David Roberts deemed the Atlantic Wind Connection “a Big Deal.” His capitalization. The project, funded in part by Google’s energy-focused subsidiary, would install a massive transmission backbone along the Eastern seaboard connected to a series of offshore wind farms.
And according to a new estimate commissioned by project backers, it could create more than 70,000 new jobs."
"This doesn’t include the jobs that will be created at gas stations as anti-wind activists drive up and down the coast protesting children." (http://grist.org/wind-power/americans-fo...ying-kids/)
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