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So… using an excavator to drag some plastic thing around in circles, while a couple guys ride said plastic thing like some sort of weird combination jet-ski & dune-buggy.
This appears to have taken place in Russia, and Russians are crazy, so no explanation necessary beyond that.
BUT…
If this had taken place in America, would this have counted as a green job?
I’m going to say yes, because it involved creating something – specifically, “fun” – using the friction and inertia of naturally-occurring ocean water.
UPDATE: per Jeremy in the comments, these are Poles. I had no idea they were as crazy as Russians.
Not even John Galvin could count this as a green job. Not with that fossil fuel powered pollutant spewing crane providing the power for this activity. It’s probably dripping oil on the sands of that beach even as we speak. When judging what constitutes green jobs keep your standards high, you know…like the Labor Department does, and remember the immortal words of Kermit D. Frog…”It’s hard to be green.”
it was a green job if the CAT was burning cellulosic biodiesel. a multimillion dollar fine if it wasn’t. what, cellulosic biodiesel doesn’t exist? just send in the check.
In the U.S., the excavator must first remove any trees in the area, then dig a large mudhole, so the polluted ground waters nearby can fill the hole. Then the green jobs are available. In this video, I noticed a lot of spectators. If they sell concessions nearby, would that be a green job too? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5AcQahwKs0
I still think its a green job, because it redesignated the original use of that machine — it recycled.
Of course it’s green. The ocean is blue-green because it has algae in it! Algae green is Obama’s favorite!
Go jump in it, Mr. President.
Mythbusters did something similar to this using water skis, it looks like fun.
The title is Polish, not Russian.
Jeremy – post updated. I mistook that letter “a” in the title for cyrillic, and there was no description on the video, so I just guessed.