The wind industry is lobbying for even more government support, but much of the government funding has gone overseas.

Green jobs, like shovel-ready jobs, proved a myth in no small part because Obama is eager to talk as if this green stuff was the moral equivalent of war, but he's not willing or able to do things a real war requires.

Central planners in the United States trying to promote green industry will fare no better at creating jobs or stimulating the economy than they did in Europe.