Letters to the Editor

Posted on 10 November 2011 by LeslieM

Solar power

Dear Editor:

Clean energy is the best way to create the jobs we need, and there is no question we need jobs now. There are more than 5,500 solar companies putting more than 100,000 people across the country to work, and this industry keeps on growing at a time when few industries are.

Since a solar company called Solyndra recently fell victim to a competitive marketplace a few weeks ago, politicians and pundits who depend on Big Oil and King Coal have been using Solyndra as an excuse to vilify an industry that is one of the best ways to get Americans working again. An investment in solar energy creates seven times more jobs than the same investment in dirty coal, nuclear or natural gas. The attacks on solar energy are a purely political maneuver to keep our country chained to dirty energy at a time when we desperately need to move forward toward a clean energy future.

Politicians can talk about creating jobs all they want, but that’s all I have seen so far — talk, no action. The ones who are actually working to address the unemployment rate are the ones who are calling for more investments in clean energy, like solar power. Investing in clean energy companies is one of the few ways we can actually see American industries grow.

Sarah Ryan

Delray Beach

Dear Editor:

Why? Who puts more people to work than solar companies?  Dirty energy (like coal) is an old tired investment. Nuclear could bring Fukushima-like clean-up jobs –but — who needs that? Realistically, investment in clean energy like solar power has given us an American Industry that is actually growing. That’s where we can create jobs. Don’t you agree?

Ms. Beth Widzowsky

Boca Raton

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