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| Spain resorts to green economy for jobs |
| 2010-11-13 |
| [Iran Press TV] Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has expressed his faith in green economic polices to ease the unemployment crisis in Spain. Speaking at the G20 meeting in the South Korean capital of Seoul, Zapatero said that ecologically sustainable industries can produce roughly one million jobs for his country in the upcoming decade, China's Xinhua news agency reported Thursday. Spain, at the present time, has more than four million unemployed workers. The country nevertheless has been a European leader in green technology with only Germany producing more electricity by means of wind power than Spain. If the green option is taken, Zapatero believes it will enable his country to climb out of the current economic crisis it faces. "We estimate that if we group them all together then sustainable industries, sustainable transport, sustainable education and eco-industries have the potential to create around a million jobs in the economy of the sustainable environment in the next decade," the Spanish premier further explained. Zapatero recently held a conference with industrialists, including representatives of the most important companies from Spain, such as Iberdrola, Telefonica and Repsol. "The green economy represents a great potential to generate employment in the future and also to help with technological advances and to make economies more competitive," the Spanish prime minister said during the meeting. Spain aims to double the amount of freight that travels to the country by rail in the next 10 years and in addition it plans to have 250,000 electrically powered cars on its roads by 2015. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 I really don't have any objection to wind turbines as long as they are in areas that make sense from an ability to produce power at reasonable cost and do so at relatively constant rates of output. But to do it solely for the reason of it "feels good" is as asinine as most other things politicians come up with. One thing in this field that is needed is machines that cost less to build, install and maintain. Plus any wind turbine in sight of the Kennedy Compound is a win-win in my book |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2010-11-13 13:39 |
| #4 Jobs are a cost. The subsidies to fund these "jobs" will be at the expense of many more real jobs than they create. Spain will continue to be fooked. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2010-11-13 11:08 |
| #3 Prime Minister Zappie must be talking to Moonbeam Brown for inspiration...or vice versa. |
| Posted by: Muggsy Glink 2010-11-13 10:27 |
| #2 This is the country which gave us the diesel powered solar generator. They can do it. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2010-11-13 07:44 |
| #1 Creating a million jobs over 10 years when you are starting with 4 million unemployed now, isn't much to crow about. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-11-13 02:27 |