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Thats not the only place i looked.
Tough to give a specific answer without knowing your location and full background, but I've seen a lot of people shift to working on or another piece of decarbonization in recent years
They’re not under the couch either
Found them.
They are in the coal industry
I’m sure you meant clean coal, right?
But I do know someone who works in solar panels installation in the US and says business is pretty good and firm has been growing!
That's good to hear.
In Germany the jobs in the coal industry needed protection. At the same time the solar sector was reduced drastically over the last ten years and the jobs went abroad.
Edit: i don't know what you mean with "clean coal"