The Future Is In Solar Power

[Boom_70]

Not:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/us/politics/in-rush-to-assist-solyndra-united-states-missed-warning-signs.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp

“It’s here that companies like Solyndra are leading the way toward a brighter and more prosperous future,” the president declared in May 2010 to the assembled workers and executives. The start-up business had received a $535 million federal loan guarantee, offered in part to reassert American dominance in solar technology while generating thousands of jobs.

But behind the pomp and pageantry, Solyndra was rotting inside, hemorrhaging cash so quickly that within weeks of Mr. Obama’s visit, the company canceled plans to offer shares to the public. Barely a year later, Solyndra has become one of the administration’s most costly fumbles after the company declared bankruptcy, laid off 1,100 workers and was raided by F.B.I. agents seeking evidence of possible fraud.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Change.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

This one is going to haunt Obama for the next 14 months.

 

[YankeeFan]

Lone nut.

 

[Dick Whitman]

This one is going to haunt Obama for the next 14 months.

I don't disagree. But what I don't get is the glee that comes from the right when green energy plans don't work out.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Wouldn't call it glee at green energy not working.

I would say it's another example of this administration making another breathtakingly stupid choice and this president proving once again he is completely undeserving of the office he holds.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Wait, this isn't a thread expressing shock that there aren't threads about this topic?

 

[Dick Whitman]

Wouldn't call it glee at green energy not working.

I would say it's another example of this administration making another breathtakingly stupid choice and this president proving once again he is completely undeserving of the office he holds.

From a guy who, I'm guessing, voted for Sarah Palin.

 

[deskslave]

So that thread is now retroactively wrong?

 

[Hokie_pokie]

****, I'm not going to pretend I speak for the "right," but personally I take no glee in the reality that more than $500 million of taxpayer money wound up in the pockets of Obama donors who have subsequently chosen to seek constitutional protection against self-incrimination rather than testify at a Congressional inquiry.

I'm all for pursuing alternative energy sources. You'd have to have your head buried in Saudia Arabian sand to not acknowledge the fact that we will run out of oil at some point, and we are tasked to find a way to reduce our dependence on oil as supply continues to dwindle.

My skepticism stems from the fact that every time there's some sort of "breakthrough," it never turns out to be worth the hype.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Nuclear power.

The sooner we realize it, the better.

 

[Azrael]

Just as Enron proved that electricity would never, ever work.

 

[Hokie_pokie]

Nice one, Az.

Good to know with everything else in this crazy world changing by the second, I can count on you to keep your eye on the ball.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

This one is going to haunt Obama for the next 14 months.

I don't disagree. But what I don't get is the glee that comes from the right when green energy plans don't work out.

That's completely fair.

I would be very happy if they ever came up with something that is worth a ****. I'm sick of lightbulbs that don't provide light, toilets that don't flush and hybrid cars that most of us can't afford.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Wouldn't call it glee at green energy not working.

I would say it's another example of this administration making another breathtakingly stupid choice and this president proving once again he is completely undeserving of the office he holds.

This times 1,000.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Wouldn't call it glee at green energy not working.

I would say it's another example of this administration making another breathtakingly stupid choice and this president proving once again he is completely undeserving of the office he holds.

From a guy who, I'm guessing, voted for Sarah Palin.

When did she run for President?

 

[Armchair_QB]

This one is going to haunt Obama for the next 14 months.

I don't disagree. But what I don't get is the glee that comes from the right when green energy plans don't work out.

That's completely fair.

I would be very happy if they ever came up with something that is worth a ****. I'm sick of lightbulbs that don't provide light, toilets that don't flush and hybrid cars that most of us can't afford and run out of juice before you get back from the store.

 

[Boom_70]

Wouldn't call it glee at green energy not working.

I would say it's another example of this administration making another breathtakingly stupid choice and this president proving once again he is completely undeserving of the office he holds.

From a guy who, I'm guessing, voted for Sarah Palin.

At least Palin's silicon works.

 

[Azrael]

Nice one, Az.

Good to know with everything else in this crazy world changing by the second, I can count on you to keep your eye on the ball.

Corruption, or ineptitude, doesn't mean the technology itself is unviable.

Teapot Dome didn't disprove the value of petroleum or internal combustion.

You want to hack away at the administration for dishonesty or graft or stupidity? Have at it.

Doesn't mean solar power doesn't work.

 

[TigerVols]

Where was all the conservative outrage when Enron held a gun to California's head...and then went bankrupt?

Oh, wait, where was Enron based?