Solar Jobs are REALLY Expensive

As Investor's Business Daily explains, government is spending a lot of money per green job created. Among the giant subsidy-suckers are Arizona-based First Solar and Mesquite Solar, which has a plant west of Phoenix.

For example, First Solar's Antelope plant got $680 million in subsidies in order to create 350 construction jobs and 15 permanent jobs--for an average of $1.86 million per job.

To see a larger version of the IBD chart, go here:

Chart and article.

For another measure of policy failure, note that the solar industry also sucks up a lot of government subsidies for the amount of energy it actually produces:

https://www.americansforprosperity.org/063011-renewables-lots-bucks-bang

For Liberty, Tom

Tom Jenney
Arizona Director
Americans for Prosperity
www.aztaxpayers.org
tjenney@afphq.org
(602) 478-0146