"You have to understand that nothing has replaced a coal or steel job like a natural gas job," @ConorLambPA says. "Don’t tell us about green energy jobs that are abstract; they’re just not here.”

Conor, you don't understand. https://www.vox.com/21562362/house-democrats-2020-election-aoc-spanberger
Democrats are already at odds over how to win in 2022

The competing theories over how to protect Democrats’ slim House majority, explained.

https://www.vox.com/21562362/house-democrats-2020-election-aoc-spanberger
To start, @ConorLambPA, congrats on your recent victory. We hope we're going to be on the same team here. But let's seek common ground with the facts. To start: as of 2019, clean-energy jobs outnumbered fossil-fuel jobs by a ratio of 3:1. https://www.forbes.com/sites/energyinnovation/2019/04/22/renewable-energy-job-boom-creating-economic-opportunity-as-coal-industry-slumps/?sh=8284e5336654
Renewable Energy Job Boom Creates Economic Opportunity As Coal Industry Slumps

Renewable energy jobs are booming across the U.S. and are forecast to keep growing - especially in the heart of coal country - creating new economic opportunities for communities and high-wage jobs...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/energyinnovation/2019/04/22/renewable-energy-job-boom-creating-economic-opportunity-as-coal-industry-slumps/?sh=8284e5336654
Depending on how you count it, the ratio is 10:1. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2219927-us-green-economy-has-10-times-more-jobs-than-the-fossil-fuel-industry/
US green economy has 10 times more jobs than the fossil fuel industry | New Scientist

The green economy, covering renewable energy to environmental consultancy, is now so large in the US that it employs 10 times as many people as the fossil fuel industry

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2219927-us-green-economy-has-10-times-more-jobs-than-the-fossil-fuel-industry/
Now clearly we have lots of spun figures in this country, which we should all ignore. And, if you choose to be skeptical of @newscientist or @Forbes (not exactly progressive sources):

FOSSIL FUELS: 1,000,000
RENEWABLES: 850,000 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/renewable-energy-jobs-replacing-fossil-fuel-jobs-oil-wind/
As fossil fuel jobs falter, renewables come to the rescue

"People don't realize it, but there is a 100% renewable revolution going on right underneath our feet."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/renewable-energy-jobs-replacing-fossil-fuel-jobs-oil-wind/
As of 2019, fossil fuel accounted for 80% of energy use. So it's clear that replacing fossil fuels with renewables is, if nothing else, a massive opportunity to create jobs. Steady ones not subject to the boom/bust issues CBS wrote about there.
So if you care about jobs you don't need us to explain why @JoeBiden's infrastructure plan borrows so heavily from the #GreenNewDeal: renewables=jobs.

You should stop saying the opposite, because it's BS.

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