Have
Jamaicans stopped dreaming? Do Jamaican see the Glass as half-empty or half-full?
It
would seem half-empty, according to a Gleaner-commissioned Bill Johnson poll
conducted between June 9 and 11 2017 as reported in the article “Jamaicans
Just Trying To Survive – Poll”, published Monday July 24, 2017, The Jamaica Gleaner.
According to the survey:
1. 51%
have no Jamaican dream
2. 48%
do have an idea what the Jamaican Dream should be
Since
I’m trying to be hopeful, I'll focus on those who do have a Jamaican dream, as
the stats there are more promising:
1. 12%
want a country where there is national/economic development
2. 8%
want a crime-free country
3. 6%
want financial security and stable employment
Pollster
Bill Johnson claims that this poll indicates that the majority of Jamaicans are
focused on day-to-day survival. Many may not think that Jamaica can be better
as the social and economic problems facing people discourages them from
thinking big. Clearly, Jamaicans see the glass as being half-empty
The Gleaner Bill
Johnson Poll - The Glass Half Empty is full of Alternative Energy Jamaican
Dreams
Still,
I hope these 1500 people who were are a part of the Gleaner-commissioned Bill
Johnson poll are not a reflection of the younger generation of entrepreneurs.
They
offer me hope as they see the glass as being half-full and continue to dream
big with an aim not to end up working in Call Centers but to create their own
wealth. This I’d pointed out in my blog article
entitled “How
9-y-o and Millennials in Jamaica are becoming CEO Entrepreneurs to avoid the
Cubicle Rat Race”.
It
is true that employment prospects for High school and college graduates are
grim. This reality is forcing many to look abroad for employment and higher
education opportunities as the Private and Public Sectors cannot absorb all of
them as concluded in my blog article
entitled “UOPD
UWI Graduate Trace Study reveals Bad choices, Entrepreneurship and brain-drain
in 2016”.
Still,
I like to see the glass as being neither half empty of half-full, but
potentially waiting to add more ingredients to make the right drink.
Vision
2030 is Jamaica outlook for that year that will see major shifts in our use of
fossil fuels to biodiesel by the PCJ as noted in my blog article
entitled “PCJ,
UTECH develop Castor Oil-based Biodiesel to reduce Oil imports by 97,000
barrels”.
We’re
also making the shift towards
electricity from solar and wind resources thanks to WRB Enterprises
builds 20 MW Solar Farm as I’d pointed out in my Geezam
blog article entitled “WRB
Enterprises builds 20 MW Solar Farm in Content District, Clarendon”.
Hopefully,
cheaper fuel sources means lower cost for manufacturing sector which will
translate to lower cost of production, increased output and lower cost of
living. Couple with an entrepreneurial drive in Jamaicans, a Jamaican dream
where there is national/economic development fueled by this 48% is slowly
beginning to form in the distant future, powered by Alternative energy.
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