October 3, 2011 – 9:12 am
But, they just wanted to heal the planet, save it from evil mankind, which is killing the planet with trace amounts of a gas necessary for life! And, shockingly, the NY Times covers it: A U.S.-Backed Geothermal Plant in Nevada Struggles In a remote desert spot in northern Nevada, there is a geothermal plant run […]
September 29, 2011 – 8:35 am
Why? Well, why not? They have all this Monopoly money from the Stimulus to spend, and had to spend it by September 30th, so, what the hell. Here ya go. Enjoy. (Washington Post) The Energy Department on Wednesday approved two loan guarantees worth more than $1 billion for solar energy projects in Nevada and Arizona, […]
September 28, 2011 – 8:54 am
And all because of DICs When it comes to messaging, the right wing media machine has perfected the ability to turn molehills into mountain. Progressives, on the other hand, have perfected the art of turning mountains into molehills. So Joe’s admitting he’s a hardcore progressive with an agenda? Nowhere is that clearer than in the […]
September 26, 2011 – 11:40 am
Unsurprisingly, the Time magazine article by Mark Thompson takes a negative view of the Navy and how they waste money, while failing to take the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ie, Stimulus, Porkulus) to task Washington was buzzing last week with the news that Solyndra LLC, a California solar-energy firm with ties to […]
September 24, 2011 – 5:46 pm
This isn’t just any petition, folks: it is one sponsored on the official White House website. I mentioned this a while ago, was waiting for it to go live, went live Thursday (unshockingly, the majority of petitions are about doing away with drug laws) Welcome to We the People on WhiteHouse.gov. This tool provides you […]
September 22, 2011 – 6:23 pm
Let’s start off with this Less than three months before declaring bankruptcy, the federally-backed solar power company Solyndra sent a memo to Congress describing the company as “ramping” up its production, “competitive” with foreign rivals, and “on track” to hit its financial targets for the year. Uh huh. And now Solyndra Inc. wants more from […]
September 22, 2011 – 8:09 am
Well, if one’s vision is simply to dump money into a sector that cannot produce a product, and can only lose money at this time, along with pandering on other energy but not actually allowing it, one is going to go on a losing streak President Barack Obama is racking up an impressive losing streak […]
September 21, 2011 – 8:20 am
Would you be further shocked that the Huffington Post exposes the abuse? If the World Bank and an Indian power utility have their way, the Rampur hydropower project in Northern India will increase global CO2 emissions by 15 million tons, at a cost of $164 million to unsuspecting energy consumers in Sweden. The project is […]
September 20, 2011 – 12:04 pm
The DOE doesn’t seem particularly concerned if these are really good investments, but, that they get the loans done quickly The Obama administration, defying congressional Republicans after the failure of solar-panel maker Solyndra LLC, is working to award as much as $9.2 billion in government financing to renewable energy companies before a Sept. 30 deadline. […]
September 20, 2011 – 9:59 am
This one’s a few days old, but, puts a bit of knowledge into the legislating people into CFLs unintended consequences In the name of fighting pollution, China has sent the price of compact fluorescent light bulbs soaring in the United States. By closing or nationalizing dozens of the producers of rare earth metals — which […]
