Solar Power: Lots of Jobs per KWH Is Bad, Not Good
1–10 of 18 posts
Re: Solar Power: Lots of Jobs per KWH Is Bad, Not Good
#2Wouldn’t installing PV on people’s homes be more similar to building the power poles/ infrastructure that already exists for coal, and not just running a plant?
This chart doesn’t break down solar maintenance and solar construction.
Re: Solar Power: Lots of Jobs per KWH Is Bad, Not Good
#3Most workers in solar are needed to install new systems. Once a system is installed it will require only minimal scheduled maintenance for the next 25 years. After installation the system is wealth.
Further, building lots of small generation systems (e.g., rooftop solar) will inherently require more labor than building a few large generation systems (e.g., traditional power plants). One can argue that distributed power generation is a benefit, as it reduces the need for increased distribution capacity.
Re: Solar Power: Lots of Jobs per KWH Is Bad, Not Good
#4Most workers in solar are needed to install new systems. Once a system is installed it will require only minimal scheduled maintenance for the next 25 years. After installation the system is wealth. Further, building lots of small generation systems (e.g., rooftop solar) will inherently require more labor than building a few large generation systems (e.g., traditional power plants). One can argue that distributed pow…
Completely agreed. If we assume the lifetime of a system is ~30 years, then the amount of labor per coal worker is between 2x and 3x, not 79x. I also note they used the terminology "coal worker" which probably does not include all of the people who work in the plants themselves, nor those involved in shipping coal.
Re: Solar Power: Lots of Jobs per KWH Is Bad, Not Good
#5If two ways of achieving same thing cost the same then the way with more employment ahould be preferred at least until we grow out of the notion that you need excuse of work to not let someone die of hunger or lack of shelter.
Re: Solar Power: Lots of Jobs per KWH Is Bad, Not Good
#6This is a blog post based on a slide from the American Enterprise Institute with no supporting documentation - not exactly a highly credible source.
Re: Solar Power: Lots of Jobs per KWH Is Bad, Not Good
#7I hate to use the term but this is fake news. There is no analysis or breakdown of the numbers. Just quoting raw numbers and then drawing comparisons is misleading at best.
Re: Solar Power: Lots of Jobs per KWH Is Bad, Not Good
#8Most workers in solar are needed to install new systems. Once a system is installed it will require only minimal scheduled maintenance for the next 25 years. After installation the system is wealth. Further, building lots of small generation systems (e.g., rooftop solar) will inherently require more labor than building a few large generation systems (e.g., traditional power plants). One can argue that distributed pow…
Yep. That article was spouting disingenuous nonsense in the best possible interpretation I could read into it.
Re: Solar Power: Lots of Jobs per KWH Is Bad, Not Good
#9Most workers in solar are needed to install new systems. Once a system is installed it will require only minimal scheduled maintenance for the next 25 years. After installation the system is wealth. Further, building lots of small generation systems (e.g., rooftop solar) will inherently require more labor than building a few large generation systems (e.g., traditional power plants). One can argue that distributed pow…
> One can argue that distributed power generation is a benefit, as it reduces the need for increased distribution capacity
Unfortunately, that's only true if the power is generated at the time when it's needed, which isn't the case with solar. Distributed power storage could help, but in many cases it will never be enough to actually disconnect from the grid.
Re: Solar Power: Lots of Jobs per KWH Is Bad, Not Good
#10Most workers in solar are needed to install new systems. Once a system is installed it will require only minimal scheduled maintenance for the next 25 years. After installation the system is wealth. Further, building lots of small generation systems (e.g., rooftop solar) will inherently require more labor than building a few large generation systems (e.g., traditional power plants). One can argue that distributed pow…
Yep. That article was spouting disingenuous nonsense in the best possible interpretation I could read into it.
I suspect (but don't know) that you can replace "article" with "site" comfortably there...