Friday, April 18, 2008

Newness/Samuel Fahnrich/2:30/3-18-08

A recent report showed that investment in a clean and efficient economy would 'lead to over 3 million new green-collar jobs, stimulate $1.4 trillion in new GDP, add billions in personal income and retail sales, produce $284 billion in net energy savings...'”


What exactly is this “recent report” and how do we get the American companies back in the USA?


The recent report was performed and collected by a group called, Apollo Alliance. The report was written in terms of American business moving away from foreign trade and foreign fuel, and focusing trade and resources within America. This process can be done by either raising the price of foreign goods by US or foreign tax, or by my first idea of the US forced “green industry.” This is found throughout my blog entries, but specifically, the comment regarding Japanese green technology and Chinas lack of spending interest to obtain the technology. I predicted, that America would buy the Japanese products, reduce US greenhouse gases, and then blame the world for not doing the same. This hasn't happened yet, but it does seem to be leaning there.


The point of the Apollo organization among many things, is to spread the awareness of green policies on a political level. Their plan calls primarily for diversifying US energy sources to move away from foreign fuels. Also, in using energy fuels, America must make them more efficient and less polluting. Along with fuel efficiency, the infrastructure must also be built to provide longevity and efficiency for years on minimal resources while maintaining growing profits.


As for who really benefits from these plans, it seems to be the few highly rich executives. I come to this conclusion on the basis of, the benefits are held by those who invent or fund the new technology. Those who use the products, while being the most important group for overall impact, will as usual be left out of the financial gains. To be blunt, it doesn't matter to the bottom economy if the product is gas or ethanol if the dollar value is the same.


http://www.wecansolveit.org/content/solution/clean_energy_economy/

http://www.apolloalliance.org/resources.php

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