A 2012 report by the National Shooting Sport Foundation
on the Economic
Impact of the Firearms and Ammunition
Industry linked nearly 8,000 direct and
indirect jobs in New York to the sector generating approximately $ 1.26 billion in revenue and around $ 450 million in wages in the state.
Solar job estimates fail to account for jobs lost as a result of «the crowding out of cheaper forms of conventional energy generation,» «
indirect impacts on upstream
industries,» and from «the drain
on economic activity precipitated by higher electricity prices.»