A couple of questions for Mr Creighton - no where in the article can I see an explanation of where the losses come from. I would have thought a steady process of erecting turbines and building other renewable energy plants, as well as adapting the network to be able to cope with it, would generate quite a few jobs. But I guess the report works out some way that it won't be a net employment benefit - it would just be good if you would tell us how that works.
Secondly - isn't the proper response, even if the job loss figure is plausible and not a beat up - "what, only 6,000 jobs for a very sizeable increase in renewable energy? That's a fantastic deal".
The Coalition is said to be cutting 16,500 jobs in the space of 3 years. No Right wing economist is claiming that this is going to be a dire crush on the national economy, are they? So why then are you pretending that 6,000 jobs up to 2030 is a drama? There are presently about 11,500,000 people working in this country. Who knows what the figure will be by 2030, but at the moment 6,000 is about .05% of the work force.
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