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...provides debtor-in-possession financing in a bankruptcy - there is still a ton of restructuring to do. The company operates 21 plants in North America and has three more that are scheduled to close. But Grant Thornton's Rodriguez says that still leaves five to go to match demand. "They still need to take structural steps: reduce suppliers, reduce the number of plants, reduce the cost structure and get rid of excessive debt." Most analysts say GM has to dump underperforming brands...
Health care. Granted, you'll have to get a certain kind of education, but the pay is good. And overall the demand is there...
...traffic controllers is one option. There's a great demand for those right now. You may remember Ronald Reagan broke up the air-traffic controllers' union, and they hired a whole bunch of people at that time. Well, that cohort of workers is getting ready to retire. Actuaries is another I might mention. Those are the people who work for insurance companies and figure out how much they should charge you. They figure out the odds that people are going to die, get in an accident, need health care. They have to be good with numbers...
That's a very good point to make. There is a lot of competition for some of these jobs. For example, veterinarians. There's competition to get into veterinary school. But registered nurses, they can't get enough of. There's a huge demand, but the supply of people who want to do it isn't there...
...dealbreaker. The carbon-intensive fossil fuel provides nearly half of the United States' electricity, and is responsible for some 30% of the country's greenhouse gas emissions. That's just due to the coal plants already operating - as the U.S. looks to expand its energy supply to meet rising demand in the future, over 100 coal plants are in various stages of development around the country. If those plants are built without the means to capture and sequester underground the carbon they emit - and it's far from clear that such technology will be commercially viable in the near-term...