FACILITATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
A nationwide 20 percent renewable energy
standard that stimulates investment in renewable
energy will
be good for our economy. It will create thousands
of new, high quality jobs and bring significant new
investment to rural communities. It will create an
estimated $80 million in new capitol investment here
at home and create new opportunities in the manufacturing
and high-tech sectors. The market demand for renewable
energy will also bring jobs to rural areas, where
it is estimated that wind energy alone could provide
$1.2 billion in new income for farmers, ranchers
and rural landowners, and $5 billion in new property
tax revenues to communities. See http://jeffords.senate.gov/~jeffords/press/02/03/03062002renewable_energy.html