The biggest issue with fossil fuels is without question the negative impact they have on the environment. However, big oil also has another huge issue, and that’s how few jobs they create versus how many jobs the renewable energy sector creates. Over time, the number of jobs created overall by the solar industry will be in the 10’s of millions. The reasons are multiple, but let’s compare oil to solar on job creation. Just the fact that solar has to be retrofitted to every home, commercial buildings, public property such as streetlights creates more jobs than the entire fossil fuel industry ever has.
Now take into account all the materials involved in solar; Inverters, wiring, ladders, trucks, harnessing devices, and all the components the panels are made of creating manufacturing jobs. Then there’s the finance side because not everybody can afford to pay cash for home solar. So the finance side of solar is creating a ton of jobs.
Last is the sales side of solar because there isn’t a storefront per se with solar, so it will have to be sold property to property. This requires a large workforce. The only way possible for solar to be scaled is through entrepreneurship training programs which create more jobs.