All Aboard the Green Collar Train
The study also found that jobs in fossil fuels are on the decline. This isn’t something to celebrate; these are folks out of a job. When encouraging the growth of green jobs, smart policy will help transition fossil fuel workers into the new renewable economies – via training programs, for example. As the study says, these new green jobs are real and growing quickly; there will be plenty of opportunities to incorporate workers into them.
Expensive Gas Reduces Car Crashes
Apparently, rising gas prices are making the roads safer. Researchers from the University of Alabama and Harvard Medical School estimate that every 10 percent increase in gas prices reduces traffic fatalities by 2.3 percent. All told, $4/gallon gas could save more than 12,000 lives across the US each year -- upwards of 1,000 each month.
Below, Michael Morrisey of the University of Alabama explains.
The money quote:
When gasoline prices are higher, people drive less, and driving less they're exposed to fewer crashes, and as a consequence to fewer fatalities.
Simple enough.
