Comments on: Why Would Obama Highlight Solyndra?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:24:00 +0000

I know! That’s one of those things that makes me realize that much of the public will believe almost anything without asking for any link or sign of proof (except Global Warming, of course, which has decades worth of scientific research as proof).

By: Dcard88

Dcard88 — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:18:00 +0000

Thanks and for the article. My fav is the idea that Saddam was involved with terrorism or had WMD – both silly ideas – that should have required solid evidence of to beleive

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:11:00 +0000

Well put.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:58:00 +0000

If you are driven by political motives then there’s no need for evidence to join a lynching party, all you need is a good talking point.

It doesn’t matter if the talking point is true or false, all that matters is that it can be used as a stick with which you can take swings at your opponent.

Look at birth certificate crap. It was clear to anyone with even a half measure of objectivity that there was no basis for that claim, but even the Republican leaders in Congress used that phony issue in attempt to harm.

It’s so interesting to me that the party that marches forth under the banner of Christianity is so willing to violate one of their most important rules “Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness”.

By: Dcard88

Dcard88 — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 14:30:00 +0000

Time and time again the Fox watchers completely ignore anything that common sense should indicate. I something makes no sense at all, why would you believe it with out solid evidence? I will believe anyone associated with the decision to aprove the loan knew it would fail as soon as I see all the evidence and not a moment before.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 01:15:00 +0000

Thank You!

Now I don’t have to find the numbers

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 01:03:00 +0000

Cutting finer:

$535 M / $16.04 B = 3.3% all Solar (includes $1.93 B for Topaz)
$535 M / $1,282 M = 42% Solar Manufacturing

https://lpo.energy.gov/?page_id=45

By: Susan Kraemer

Susan Kraemer — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 00:43:00 +0000

I see it as just one among many investments. Any VC will tell you that a few percent fail. $90 billion total, this was just half a billion. The others are doing fine.

China invested $800 billion in their clean tech. It takes serious committed government investment to really get a novel technology off the ground. We have only one party that will do it. So we are hamstrung.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 00:41:00 +0000

$535 M / $38.6 B = 1.4%

http://lpo.energy.gov/

By: Susan Kraemer

Susan Kraemer — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 00:38:00 +0000

Salazar compares it to any other energy exploration:

“It’s not going to be a perfect path where every project proposed is going to be built toward completion,” he said, comparing the Solyndra failure and other high-profile bankruptcies to “dry holes” encountered by early oil and gas explorers.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 22:11:00 +0000

Thanks for the comments!

& Shoot, meant to include the % of the loan guarantees that accounted for again. Well, maybe another quickie on that