tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664957094233317169.post57644494815572196..comments2023-12-26T05:33:56.740-05:00Comments on John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Marcellus Creates 23,500 Jobs In 2009John Hangerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565915866938789295noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664957094233317169.post-7480762242727292052011-08-31T18:03:52.054-04:002011-08-31T18:03:52.054-04:00Glenn:
I hope so too. As do thousands whose jobs ...Glenn:<br /><br />I hope so too. As do thousands whose jobs depend on the state forests keeping their sustainability certification. Just a bit of balance. Please.John Hangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06565915866938789295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664957094233317169.post-5235563281663885612011-08-31T18:02:04.173-04:002011-08-31T18:02:04.173-04:00Mike:
The direct drilling jobs are indeed good on...Mike:<br /><br />The direct drilling jobs are indeed good ones, with truly family sustaining incomes. They are great. No job right now is a bad one, given the high unemployment especially for our citizens who are younger than 25. I suspect the indirect or induced jobs created by the industry are lower paid, but most welcome.<br /><br />Your comment about waitresses and car salesmen making more as a result of the gas industry is important too.<br /><br />All good stuff. Yet we also have to focus on other strengths like education, medicine, energy efficiency, alternative energy, agriculture, manufacturing. Marcellus alone is not going to get the "job" done.John Hangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06565915866938789295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664957094233317169.post-62094825893761371882011-08-31T16:00:29.260-04:002011-08-31T16:00:29.260-04:00Great post Mr. Hanger. I think it's also wort...Great post Mr. Hanger. I think it's also worth noting that the jobs that the Marcellus is creating are often of higher quality (I believe I have seen quotes that the average Marcellus industry job pays somewhere between $70,000 and $80,000 per year.<br /><br />An other notable but harder to quantify statistic is how many jobs were prevented from being LOST by Marcellus investment. I bet that number is sizable. <br /><br />Marcellus investment is also making existing jobs better... the waitress that is making more in tips because the restaurant is busier, the car salesman that made more because of extra sales, the construction workers that are now able to receive benefits from their employer because of increased revenues.Michael Knapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678133434815647612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664957094233317169.post-57717052059099038212011-08-31T11:58:31.154-04:002011-08-31T11:58:31.154-04:00This is an important point to make. I hope Sec. Al...This is an important point to make. I hope Sec. Allan gets the memo<br /><br />http://www.northcentralpa.com/feeditem/2011-08-16_dced-secretary-says-more-drilling-state-forest-land-could-raise-over-60-billionG. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769920745579306671noreply@blogger.com