Know some kid who needs a good, high-paying career? Go west, young man. Head to the Dakotas or Colorado, and look for jobs in wind energy. Wind turbine service technician is the hottest job in the country, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, with 60% growth projected between 2023-2033.
North Dakota (22.3), South Dakota (20.4) and Colorado (13.4) have the most wind energy-related jobs per 10,000 residents as of last year. That's according to the 2024 U.S. Energy & Employment Jobs Report (an annual U.S. Department of Energy analysis out this week), plus 2023 census population estimates.
Texas has the highest number of wind energy jobs overall, at nearly 27,400. That's more than double that of the next-highest state, Illinois, which has about 9,400.
I don't like heights, and this job is my last job. Have at it, kids.
ReplyDeleteCheap energy? Ha!Ha!Ha1 Never have rates been higher. Trump said no more money for wind farms. It will die a slow death and those jobs will disappear. Nuclear is still the best option and is needed more than ever as AI uses a bunch of electricity.
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ReplyDeleteWind and Solar are a Cancer on our Planet. It should all be eradicated. It costs more than it produces, and you can't recycle it. The only benefit is to the big corporations that take your tax dollars in gov subsidies, and the politicians that grift.
ReplyDeleteBecause nobody wants to be hanging hundreds of feet above the ground in a North Dakota winter storm, fumbling with hand tools with heavy gloves on.
ReplyDeleteHasn't this garce come to an end yet??? Technicians to dismantle them maybe, but to keep this going???
ReplyDeleteThe hot job in a decade of so will be the dismantling and removal of those boondoggle wind generator monstrosities. The entire indistry is a scam and financial idiocy. The fiberglass wind vanes have a fairly short effective life. They wear out and can't be recycled so they just bury them by the thousands in huge "wind turbine graveyards" out of the public eye in places like Wyoming, Iowa, and South Dakota.
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