Manufacturing and installing heat pumps, solar panels, etc. could be a huge source of blue collar jobs too, but it isn't just about the jobs, is it?

right, I'm 100% on board with that, but there's a sizeable population of voters whose jobs would be disrupted that are very against it, so their representatives like Manchin are against it.

And they are attached to those particular jobs unfortunately.

I don’t get it at all. I mean, who would want to work in a coal mine? I’d think the change of coal mine worker to solar panel maintainence would be a massive QoL improvement. Go around outside. Get some sun and fresh air.

But I guess we can’t tell people how they want to work.

The things that replace the mines provide jobs too.

What if we compare the count, wage and type of labor?

It's not like one has jobs and the other has zero.