The Financial Times reported today that Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm wants to,
transform Michigan from one of the Rust Belt’s bleakest corners to a mecca for green industries as the state loses tens of thousands of jobs in the car industry.
But Granholm acknowledges that alternative industries will only create about 109,000 jobs, compared to the 400,000 jobs lost in carmaking.
Wayne State University professor Jack Lessenberry observed,
“Windpower… will never employ people in the numbers needed.”