There are no "green jobs," that are going to stay here.  When the tax incentives run out, or the MBT gets too bad, or they get hit with all this other nonsense like Card Check... they are going to China.

But there is one green job that can't be outsourced.  See, once the State starts dictating more and more environmental standards, we are going to need inspectors.

And I don't like what you write on this blog, so I'm gonna call the DEQ and tell them that you cut your grass twice last week, or that hte insulation in your windows is not good enough, and you are therefore destroying our planet.

Going by this map, It looks like Up North has many counties where unemployment, is over 20%

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090521/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gm_uaw

GM plans to close 16 factories, costing 21,000 hourly workers their jobs, as it tries to cut labor costs and shrink its manufacturing footprint to match lower demand for its products. Of the 16, two have been announced previously, an engine plant in Massena, N.Y., and a stamping plant in suburban Grand Rapids, Mich.