Sometimes our posts write themselves…
AEI put out this tweet yesterday showing how inefficient solar is when compared to coal and natural gas…
Inconvenient energy fact: It takes 79 solar workers to produce same amount of electric power as one coal worker. https://t.co/JkmA4CLmUW pic.twitter.com/w9sTmrEs8l
— AEI (@AEI) May 4, 2017
…and liberals like Chris Hayes and Sally Kohn took it to mean that we should embrace inefficient industries that cost Americans a lot more money because of jobs:
lolool. Yes! Clean energy is much more labor-intensive! Creates many more jobs! https://t.co/y7OWY0j4Ge
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) May 5, 2017
In case you mistakenly thought conservatives mean it when they say they believe in creating good jobs… https://t.co/uUyUPzBovs
— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) May 5, 2017
Sigh. What other modern industries should we destroy to employ more people?
Like. Lower-yield agriculture creates lots of jobs too.
It’s not an unmitigated good to create more jobs. https://t.co/KlSrHWmheB
— Alex Trembath (@atrembath) May 5, 2017
That's not how this works. That's not how any of this or ANYTHING works. https://t.co/AuNs2esP1c
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) May 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/Oil_Guns_Merica/status/860608641195544576
#ProductivityHowDoesItWork https://t.co/bkBEXSm0yy
— Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) May 6, 2017
Well, the dumbest one we’ll hear this weekend. There’s always more from these guys:
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"Doing things inefficiently creates more jobs!" could be the dumbest economic argument I've ever heard.
— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) May 5, 2017
"Efficiency is evil because it employs fewer people" is what Luddites said about the Spinning Jenny. You've regressed to the 1700's. https://t.co/2eebdtwpiA
— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) May 5, 2017
I almost ALWAYS think you're being disingenuous rather than stupid. This is NOT such an instance. https://t.co/TDqFaZLyeq
— Blame Big Government (@BlameBigGovt) May 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/BlackGuelph/status/860607336590618624
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