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WanderingEng · 2627 days ago · link · · parent · post: Solar electricity generation employs more people in the US than coal, gas, oil and nuclear combined
Holy shit, the dishonesty in this statistic. Natural gas expanded 33 percent to become 34% of total generation. Solar expanded 5000 percent to become... 1%. Coal dropped 53% but is still out producing solar by more than 20:1. My point is the gulfs between solar and coal and natural gas is so enormous the growth and contractions can't be compared so simply. Having only a penny to your name and finding a $50 bill on the street doesn't make one richer than someone who had $1000 to begin with. Full disclosure: I work in the electric industry though not in electric generation.electricity generation from natural gas increased 33 percent while solar expanded 5,000 percent.
