clearvision Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 FOX News:A green jobs program in one of America's greenest cities is being called a bust 16 months after a $20 million federal grant to weatherize homes in Seattle ended up putting just 14 people to work in mostly administrative jobs and upgrading only three homes in the area."The jobs are not there," Todd Myers, who wrote the book "Eco Fads," told Fox News. "So we're training people for jobs that don't exist."Seattle is not alone. The Department of Energy has allocated $508 million to 41 states for its Better Buildings Neighborhood Program and 600 jobs have been created or retained. The difficulty is magnified on the federal level. President Obama once said he wanted to create 5 million green jobs over 10 years. The 2009 stimulus package included $5 billion toward that goal. ------Seattle requires the contractors to pay workers $21 an hour, going rate their is $10 for that kind of work... Homeowners can't afford the projects as payback is not enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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