Dustin Tingley, a policy expert, emphasizes the necessity of addressing community experiences in the transition to renewable energy. While traditionally focused on quantitative data, he acknowledges that understanding local impacts is paramount. Shifts in energy industries affect not only jobs but also the social fabric and economic stability of communities. Tingley advocates for a blend of empirical data and personal narratives to capture the full scope of these changes, highlighting that the wealth of knowledge often lies outside of academia.
I came to the realization that there was so much expertise about this topic that was not in academia. You go where the knowledge is, and the knowledge is in the field.
Missing in high-level, numbers-driven discussions of things like jobs to be lost in the fossil fuel industry are the community-level impacts of shifts in industries that underpin not just household finances, but also local and regional economies.
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