during the 1990s and then steadily dropped during the 2000s before bottoming out at 431,000 jobs during the 2009 financial crisis. It then fought its way back to over 600,000 manufacturing jobs when COVID-19 struck .
Michigan needs to succeed, and removing energy options is the way to failure, not success. If Michigan’s politicians believe so much in renewables, they should prohibit electricity from being imported from neighboring states that use coal or natural gas to produce it. Perhaps most importantly, how is Michigan’s manufacturing and industrial renaissance going to survive such a policy?
Some might argue that while the costs could be severe, it’s a price worth paying to save the planet. So, let’s now look at the environmental impact. The Heritage Foundation’s chief statistician, Kevin Dayaratna, has investigated exactly this impact using the same models used by government agencies.