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Most people walking around in a mall or on a college campus are carrying on them better technology than the entire U.S. government had when it put a man on the moon. Each one of us is a walking technological superpower.

Most people walking around in a mall or on a college campus are carrying on them better technology than the entire U.S. government had when it put a man on the moon. Each one of us is a walking technological superpower.

Van Jones
Moon, Technology, College
Van Jones (2008). “The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems”, HarperOne

The question is: do we pay a little bit more now? Or do we pay a whole lot later? For the equivalent of a postage stamp a day for each American, we can put a price on carbon today that will send a signal to private capital to invest in the clean technologies of tomorrow. Taking a vast portfolio of new energy solutions to scale will ultimately drive down costs through competition.

Van Jones
Technology, Competition, Energy
Source: rooseveltinstitute.org

All the big ideas for getting us onto a lower carbon trajectory involve a lot of people doing a lot of work, and that's been missing from the conversation. This is a great time to go to the next step and ask, well, who's going to do the work? Who's going to invest in the new technologies? What are ways to get communities wealth, improved health, and expanded job opportunities out of this improved transition?

Van Jones
Jobs, Work, Technology

We're just trying to end illegitimate government support for a single technology, which is un-American. We should be leading the world in the next generation of technological innovation. But we can't unleash private capital because of what the government is doing to stifle innovation and to choke competition.

Van Jones
Technology, Government, Support
Source: aalbc.com

Government needs to do two things: put a price on carbon and invest heavily in new technologies.

Van Jones
Technology, Government, Two
Source: rooseveltinstitute.org

We need to aim high - in the area of 20-25 percent - to create the urgent demand for new technologies, manufacturing plants and green jobs.

Van Jones
Jobs, Technology, Needs
Source: rooseveltinstitute.org

Unfortunately, we have a 50% unemployment rate among our urban youth of color. It's not about making green jobs more attractive. It's about making them more available. And that requires Congress passing legislation that will give a real break to the people who want to introduce new technologies to the American marketplace.

Van Jones
Jobs, Real, Technology
Source: aalbc.com

The more we deploy the technologies to capture wind and solar power, the cheaper those technologies become.

Van Jones
Technology, Wind, Capture
Source: rooseveltinstitute.org

There would be a cost for dumping carbon into our atmosphere and a cap on total emissions. The government must make a clear and firm decision - terminating the idea in our society it is free to pump infinite amounts of carbon into the air. Once that happens, private capital will flow even more aggressively into developing and deploying the alternative, less-polluting technologies.

Van Jones
Technology, Government, Air
Source: rooseveltinstitute.org

Sometimes we overemphasize the political system. There are other ways to make a difference. There's technology, there's media, there's business.

Van Jones
Technology, Differences, Media
Source: www.motherjones.com

The main piece of technology in the green economy is a caulk gun.

Van Jones
Gun, Technology, Climate
Van Jones (2009). “The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems”, p.15, Harper Collins