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.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.I'm sure that there are higher labor costs installing solar vs running established coal plants... but that's 70x the labor of coal.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.