Solar Now Provides Twice as Many Jobs as the Coal Industry
Don't get me wrong, I want solar power to replace coal as much as possible.<p>But if this is accurate, I'm not sure it's a good sign for solar, since solar power provides 1.3% of US power, vs 35% for coal.<p>I'm sure that there are higher labor costs installing solar vs running established coal plants... but that's 70x the labor of coal.<p>A labor cost that high would mean that solar costs will never become competitive with coal in the open market.  So I'm hoping these numbers are exaggerated or just wrong.