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Jobs in a Green Economy
Rebuilding for a Low Carbon Future
Bracken Hendricks, Senior Fellow Baltimore MD (07/21/09)
Governor’s Workforce Investment Board
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Scale, Scope & SpeedRecognizing the Severity of the Climate Threat
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Reducing Carbon Emissions
The Princeton Wedges
1 Wedge = 1b tons carbon in 10 yrs.
• Cut VMT from 10k to 5k miles/year for 2billion cars
• Double fuel economy for 2b cars• Geologic carbon storage (CCS)
3,500 times Sleipner• No tropical deforestation• Conservation tillage on all crop land
• Cut emissions 1/4for ALL buildings & appliances
• Install 50 times current global wind capacity while replacing coal
• Install 700 times current solar power
What will it take to get the job done?
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We are under investing in infrastructure
ASCE: 2.2 Trillion Dollars in unmet needs (D- grade)
Green Strategies can drive smart reinvestment
• Transit• Rail• Fuels• Storm water• Public buildings• Smart grid• Energy efficiency at scale
These core public investments enable new markets, business growth, global competitiveness, and provide alternatives to mounting environmental crisis.
& Drawing down the capital of our communities
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Green Jobs & Manufacturing Opportunity
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Clean Energy is Economic Development
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“Green Recovery” Report (CAP/PERI)
Findings
$100 Billion Investment over 2 years
6 Efficiency & Renewables Strategies• Building Retrofits, Transit & Rail, Smart Grid• Wind, Solar, Advanced Biofuels
2 Million Jobs
• 4 times more jobs than Oil investment• 3 times more good jobs over $16/hr.• 300,000 more jobs than Consumption Stimulus• 800,000 jobs in construction & manufacturing
Clean Energy = More Jobs + Better Jobs
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Energy investments in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act compared to FY2009 appropriations
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Total International Stimulus Funds (Early 2009)
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Kinds of Green Jobs: Efficiency & Renewables
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Green Jobs are Diverse with Good Wages
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Building Contribution to CO2 Emissions
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Rebuilding America – The Opportunity
82.0 billion new squarefeet from replacement
131.4 billion new square feet
295.6 billion square feet in 2000
427.3 billion square feet in 2030
213.4 billion new square feet of built
space
Source: Nelson, “Toward a new Metropolis”
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Negative Cost Solutions = Profit
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Efficiency is Cheap and Getting Cheaper
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Efficiency: Good Returns on Investment
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Working Family Consumption Budget
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Income Gains from One Less Car
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