Wind Power - USA or Chinese- Our Tax money (Subsidies) at work

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Chinese Turbine Suppliers for Texas Wind Farm Agree to Buy American Steel
By Mark Drajem and Kim Chipman - Aug 6, 2010 12:42 PM CT
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Business ExchangeTwitterDeliciousDiggFacebookLinkedInNewsvinePropellerYahoo! BuzzPrint Chinese makers of turbines for a Texas wind farm agreed to buy steel from U.S. producers after lawmakers objected to foreign production of the equipment.

A-Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd., based in Shenyang, China, and Shenyang Power Group anticipate buying about 50,000 tons of steel to be produced in American steel mills, the United Steelworkers union announced today. The companies will buy parts from American suppliers and invest in a plant in Nevada, the union said.

“This is a new model,” Leo Gerard, the union’s president, told reporters today. “They will work with us to develop and grow the domestic wind-energy supply chain. But I don’t have any illusions that this will be easy.”
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-06/chinese-turbine-suppliers-for-texas-wind-farm-agree-to-buy-american-steel.html

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1. Ha - great catch

What a concept - American tax subsidies to create jobs in America, and not overseas!

Awesome!

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2. Good news!

I hope to see more stories like this. :)

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3. There is a hidden cost to our economy

Offshore the hi tech manufacturing on the tower heads to China.

Then use US steel and cheap labor to install turbine tower.

All the money making hi tech manufacturing jobs are going to china. We are becoming a 3rd world country NAFTA sucking sound.

Why are we not building the tower heads and exporting to these countries.
No incentive to keep jobs here.

How do we stop the loss of all the good manufacturing jobs?


Harley Davidson motorcycle already leaving Milwaukee!!! Is it going to China or Mexico next?

14 million American have NO jobs. UER is 9.5%