Category Archives: Energy

Solyndra Probe Highlights White House Budget Analysts Knowing Loan Was Bad Risk

I know, I know, you’re shocked! (The Hill) A GOP report shows that White House budget analysts had concerns about the financial risks of the Energy Department’s early 2011 restructuring of the federal loan for Solyndra, the solar panel company that collapsed last August, according to a news account. The Washington Post obtained portions of […]

Crazy Juan Cole: Coal Should Be Criminalized

I’m sure all Warmists will now refuse to use any power that comes from coal, right? (via Tom Nelson) (Informed Consent) Muller’s study analyzed all the weather data available since 1750 and found that the average temperature of the earth increase by 1 percent from 1750 to 1850, and has increased another 1.5 percent since […]

Oops: CFL’s Shown To Damage Skin Cells

Great. Now we not only have to worry about mercury poisoning and crappy light, but skin cell damage (Examiner) Environmentalists have pushed to abolish traditional incandescent light bulbs, in order to reduce the amount of electricity needed to light up our homes. However, a small but vocal minority has insisted that the curlicue-shaped compact fluorescent […]

$500,000 In DOE Stimulus Money Missing

Awesome, simply awesome (National Review) A report published by the DOE Office of Inspector General says the agency has been unable to locate $500,000 worth of equipment purchased with stimulus money. The $500,000 was part of a $2 billion Recovery Act dispersment given to the Advanced Batteries and Hybrid Components Program to “support the construction […]

Oops: Green Energy Loans Not Designed To Create Jobs

Someone really confused their talking points (Washington Examiner) David Frantz, who runs the Energy Department’s loan guarantee program, contradicted President Obama today by telling Congress that the program is not designed to create jobs. “The predominance of our portfolio — and the objective, really, of the act — is to be creating large infrastructure, utility-scale […]

Simulus Funded Nevada Geothermal Close To Going Bust

Back on June 26th, Obama cheerleading The Politico was rating “green” companies that received DOE loans, and determined that Nevada Geothermal Power (NGP) as a “mixed bag” Nevada Geothermal: The company’s Blue Mountain project in northern Nevada received a partial loan guarantee for $98.5 million in 2010. The project is already generating power, but production […]

This Is What “Global Warming” Legislation Looks Like

Hmm, kinda wish I had seen this unhinged article by the AP’s Seth Borenstein earlier this morning when I posted “People Pretty Upset Over Unintentional Earth Hours” regarding the outages from the crazy storms last Friday. This is what Borenstein is pushing If you want a glimpse of some of the worst of global warming, […]

NC Democrat Hits Wrong Button, Passes NC Fracking Veto Over-ride

The Lonely Conservative goes with “LOL!” I have to go with “bwahahahahahahahahah-snort-hahahahahaha!” (WRAL) State House lawmakers have apparently accidentally legalized fracking in North Carolina, due to a deciding vote one Democrat says was a mistake. Rep. Becky Carney, D-Mecklenburg, says she did not intend to cast the key vote that overrode the governor’s veto of […]

People Pretty Upset Over Unintentional Earth Hours

Last November, a United Nations report told us just how evil air conditioning and refrigerators are. And a couple weeks ago the NY Times had a hissy fit over A/C, but, of course, wants those in developing nations to bear the burden of having their A/C restricted. Warmist policies would lead to rolling brownouts and […]

Stimulus Recipient Abound Solar To File For Bankruptcy

Well, the Stimulus is creating jobs for lawyers and people who handle companies closing down (Businessweek) Abound Solar Inc., a U.S. solar manufacturer that was awarded a $400 million U.S. loan guarantee, is closing its doors and filing for bankruptcy, according to the U.S. Energy Department. Abound, based in Loveland, Colorado, borrowed $70 million against […]

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