Beginning of the Big Fix?

The New York Times reports that Obama claims his campaign promises to big-time investments in new energy technology remains at the top of his agenda. Cool. My only question is: when Obama says that "millions of new jobs will be created," what types of jobs does he mean? I know that back during the New Deal a lot of guys my age signed up for jobs working on roads, parks, bridges, etc.

But what types of clean-energy jobs can I, and people like me, hope for in the coming years? I don't have a research/science background and I can't imagine that my next career move is installing solar panels. I wonder if my primary function will simply be to buy whatever cool new 'green' technologies make their debut over the next decade.