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Re: Wind Power
« Reply #60 on: December 29, 2014, 09:29:23 pm »
Report finds Iowa’s wind jobs come out on top  ;D



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A new report on advanced energy employment in Iowa shows that the wind industry employs an impressive 3,600-plus workers in the Hawkeye State.

The report by the Advanced Energy Economic Institute found that wind energy “dominates” among jobs supported by advanced electricity generation industries in Iowa,, with 68 percent of workers in that segment working in wind. The report is consistent with research by the American Wind Energy Association.



The state numbers are impressive, but what may be most telling in the report is its meaning beyond Iowa’s borders. The report, for instance, notes the correlation between jobs and a commitment to renewable energy. Iowa has a long history of providing a conducive policy environment for tapping its renewable resources. In the 1980s, Iowa became the first state to institute a renewable portfolio standard.

“It’s easy to see why Iowa has a sizable workforce,” the report notes. “The state is a national wind energy powerhouse, as these [2013 American Wind Energy Association] statistics demonstrate: first in the nation in the percentage of electricity generated by wind (27 percent), third in megawatts installed, and third in the number of utility scale wind turbines.”

The report also notes how the growth of wind power has contributed to Iowa economic development beyond the industry itself, citing as examples the decisions by both Google and Facebook to locate data centers in the state—in part because of the availability of clean, affordable wind energy.

Another takeaway that’s applicable elsewhere: Those states most familiar with wind energy seem to like it the most. From the Iowa report: “Iowans overwhelmingly support the growth of the wind energy segment. Fully 85 percent of people in the state view wind energy more favorably than any other energy source, providing political support for pro-wind policies.”

However, the report also found that wind energy employment in the state has declined compared to 2013. The report states that “[t]his decline occurred during a sharp downturn in the U.S. wind industry associated with the expiration, followed by renewal, of the federal production tax credit (PTC), which resulted in the 90 percent drop in wind industry revenue in 2013.”  :evil4:

To avert more of the all-to-familiar boom-bust cycle, Congress must implement long-term policies to promote wind --  states like Iowa depend on it.   

http://aweablog.org/blog/post/report-finds-iowas-wind-jobs-come-out-on-top






Agelbert NOTE in regard to the relation between our survival and the autotrophic biomass health: Already, Negative effects on MIDDLE TROPHIC levels of climate change are being documented.

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Climate change enhances the negative effects of predation risk on an intermediate consumer.

We found that both predation risk and increased air and sea temperatures suppressed the foraging of prey in the middle trophic level, suggesting that warming may further enhance the top-down control of predators on communities. Prey growth efficiency, which measures the efficiency of energy transfer between trophic levels, became negative when prey were subjected to predation risk and warming.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24947942

The proof that the autotrophs (phototrophic - algae, phytoplankton, grass, trees - photosynthetic life forms and the prokaryotes, the cyanobacteria, the lithotrophs and the methanogens) are affected by higher temperatures to the point of endangering Homo SAP survival has already been documented.

I will provide more info on the growing awareness of the scientific community about our UNSUSTAINABLE path BECAUSE of the danger to autotrophs as well as the middle trophic levels.


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Autotrophs, being the primary producers, are always at the bottom of the food chain. They are responsible for converting CO2 to a form required by the heterotrophs.

They have not been able to make FIRM conclusions because of the complexity of life form interactions but they are getting there. 

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Research has already found that due to global warming, bacteria and fungi reproduce more rapidly (Agren, 2013). At the same time, they even use a larger share of the available carbon for their own respiration, bringing more CO2 into the atmosphere which stimulates atmospheric warming even more (Agren, 2013). This is how micro-organisms are believed to contribute to global climate change. Both in the carbon and nitrogen cycles there are certain levels of complex metabolic activities which are influenced by inorganic nutrients (Six et al ., 2006).

These activities are quite vigorous and fluent but will tend to alter if there is change within the surrounding environment. This may result in vehement effects and impacts on global climatic phenomena leading to change in its natural occurrences.   

http://www.academia.edu/7609928/Role_of_micro-organisms_in_climate_change

Save the autotrophic biomass from climate change so your ass won't be grass. Demand 100%  transition to Renewable energy PLUS (for sequestering of carbon and bioremediation of planet polluting poisons) NOW!
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Matt 10:37

 

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