Top prof - ‘green jobs promise is an illusion’
One of the UK’s top energy and environment economists has warned that the government’s promise that green energy policies will create tens of thousands of jobs and stimulate competitive industries is an illusion.
In a report, The Myth of Green Jobs, published yesterday by the Global Warming Policy Foundation, Professor Gordon Hughes of Edinburgh University challenged a number of assumptions.
He says government targets for generating electricity from renewable sources will involve a capital cost nine to ten times the amount required to meet the same demand by relying on conventional power plants.