This is what it's all about. Leaving old sources for more sustainable without losing all those jobs.
Opinion piece on this article.
https://qz.com/990192/a-chinese-company-wants-to-retrain-wyoming-coal-miners-to-become-wind-farmers/?utm_content=bufferf2d20&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Let's face it, one of the biggest hurdles facing the transition from fossil fuels to sustainable energy is losing thousands of middle class paying jobs. Retraining was always going to be the key but that would be more money into education and less for tax breaks for billionaires.
Who would have thought China comes to the rescue. As China continues to buy America one piece at a time it's only fitting they start training the American people how to work for them. It's a global village right? Globalization at it's finest, we get to work for anyone from anywhere that has the money to buy a significant part of an industry in any country.
Hey at least America is strong enough to ensure the workers in America are American. Many smaller countries where China has done the same thing has made deals to import their own workers thus taking jobs away from the locals.
There is a place in Wyoming America called Carbon County, yes that's its real name. It was one of USA's largest coal mines. With wind turbines popping all over the country and less reliance on coal many workers have been displaced, bitter to have lost their job and looking for something to blame.
I hope once everyone is making money again with sustainable energy their will bickering of over what causes a smoggy day.
This seems like a great opportunity for a changing workforce. The workforce goes through big changes every generation as technology and societies needs change.
# What do you think?