Timely editorial from the Houston Chronicle, in case you want to fact check my numbers.
https://www-houstonchronicle-com.cdn...s-15908638.php
andRep. Dan Crenshaw has repeated half-truths about the impact to jobs from the president’s actions. He described wind and solar power as “silly solutions” which “don’t work.” Strange, because they sure do work in Texas. We lead the nation in wind power, and last year wind surpassed coal as the state’s second largest source of electricity. This year, Texas will install more solar capacity than any other state. The sun and wind are reliably powering our grid, reducing pollution and employing out-of-work oil and gas landmen.
andBiden is right. It doesn’t make sense to be creating new oil and gas infrastructure, such as the Keystone XL pipeline, when the world is moving away from oil. For example, just this week, General Motors announced it’ll stop making gas-powered cars and SUVs by 2035.
It doesn’t make sense to allow oil companies to continue to release methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere, when the atmosphere is showing us every day it can’t handle the stress. Our necessary transition to clean energy will also create opportunities for oil and gas workers to help secure a healthy, thriving Texas for generations to come.
Already 250,000 Texans work in the advanced energy industry — in areas such as energy efficiency, solar, wind and electric vehicles — many of whom are earning high salaries as engineers, financial analysts and construction managers. Federal investment in clean energy, like that proposed by the president, “would add $350 billion to Texas gross state product, a six-fold return on investment; increase tax revenues; create 2 million jobs; and deliver billions in annual savings to consumers,” according to the Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance.
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