Leadership Quote by J. D. Hayworth

This is the kind of pro-industry optimism that doubles as a political shield: you can sell clean energy without ever having to say the words "climate change". Hayworth frames solar and fuel cells as a jobs machine first, a moral or environmental project second. That ordering is the point. By leading with "high tech facilities" and "high paying jobs", he tries to move renewables out of the culture-war aisle and into the economic-development aisle, where conservatives, business groups, and swing voters can all nod along.

The phrase "requires high tech facilities" quietly signals barriers to entry and seriousness: this is not backyard idealism, it is manufacturing, capital investment, and skills. It flatters a state like Arizona, often coded nationally as Sun Belt sprawl, by recasting it as an innovation hub. "The industry is booming in Arizona" is boosterism with a constituency map attached: workers, entrepreneurs, and local chambers of commerce.

Then he drops numbers. "About 100 firms" and "grown 20% since 2003" are political props that mimic the language of quarterly earnings calls. They create momentum, the sense that the state is already on the right track and government should simply get out of the way or, depending on the audience, help scale it. The subtext is competitiveness: Arizona either rides this wave or gets outpaced by California, Texas, or overseas manufacturers.

Contextually, it reflects an early-2000s pivot when renewables were increasingly discussed as an industrial opportunity rather than an ecological obligation. The intent is to claim credit for growth, justify policy friendliness, and brand Arizona as the place where tomorrow's energy economy is already hiring.