The False Argument of Job Creation or Change to a Low Carbon Economy

This Engineering News article highlights the two sides of the coin. While continuing down the carbon path may resolve short term job creation issues, what will happen in the long haul and shouldn't the quality of jobs also be considered?

The article reports Peet Du Plooy, the head of sustainable development at Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (Tips) warning "that South Africa's very competitiveness as an economy was at stake, as the market access for its goods and services could, in future, be constrained by the carbon-intensive nature of production processes."

"He argued that the transition to a lower-carbon economy could well be key to both protecting jobs, as well as to creating new ones."