Joe Biden told a debate moderator during Thursday night’s Democratic debate that he’d be willing to sacrifice up to hundreds of thousands of jobs if it meant transitioning to a green economy.
“The answer is yes,” Biden said. “We should, in fact, be making sure right now that every new building built is energy contained, that it doesn’t leak energy, that in fact we should be providing tax credits for people to be able to make their homes turn to solar power. They’re all kinds of folks — right here in California, we’re now on the verge of having batteries that are about the size of the top of this podium that you can store energy when in fact the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining. We have enormous opportunities.”
The answer came after Politico’s Tim Alberta asked the seven candidates on stage about the enormous economic growth America has sustained because of new discoveries in domestic oil and natural gas.
In the past, Biden has said he supports a total ban many fossil fuels. In September, he said, “We’ve got to shut down,” all coal-fueled power plants.
