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No, waste of money

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Yes, great idea!

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@Jan '13 c 118 comments V 271 votes

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2 hr
bleakoutlook voted

v Yes, great idea!
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23 hr
Tripod endorsed MarkJM

v No, waste of money
Tue
rojopa voted

v No, waste of money
u

Tue
SamSpade voted

v Yes, great idea!
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Mon
DesignerLM voted

v No, waste of money
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May 20

Just_Lisa

v No, waste of money

Fail after fail. End it.

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u

May 19
buckilaked voted

v Yes, great idea!
u

May 18

seedtick

v No, waste of money

Enough of our money has been wasted on Barack Husssein Obama's pie-in-the-sky environmental schemes. Now, if we can develop reasonable alternative energy sources in a reasonable way without stealing taxpayer dollars and funneling them to cronies then, by all means, do so.

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May 18
DrSilicon voted

v No, waste of money
May 17
DanielZ endorsed Russell797

v Yes, great idea!
May 16
Mrenze voted

v No, waste of money
May 16
FFX_VA voted

v No, waste of money
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May 15
LilliB voted

v No, waste of money
May 14

NoAmnestyEVER

v No, waste of money

There are tons of untapped oil in the United States ready to go. So much that we could get off of foreign dependence and fix the deficit problem in one shot, instead of bailing out all the failed Solyndras for billions of wasted taxpayer dollars.

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May 14

mwr

v No, waste of money

expensive scam, stop wasting money.

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May 14
AndrewMC voted

v Yes, great idea!
May 13

MongoAPillager

v No, waste of money

the government has no constitutional business getting involved in any ventures such as this..tenth amendment for example,,business ventures are for the private sector only

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May 13
Fyi1957 endorsed blue_yahoo

v No, waste of money
u

May 12
smbiz voted

v Yes, great idea!
u

May 12
URBS endorsed blue_yahoo

v No, waste of money
May 11

Bill2E

v No, waste of money

Ge the government out of the energy business and let private industry work on green energy, if there is a buck to be made on it some company will pick up the research and development. It will be expensive at first but it won't have the government overspending n it.

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May 9

gherlone

v Yes, great idea!

as long as it is invested in true research, not subsidizing select, politically connected companies. Mr. Obama's crony capitalism is embarrassing, and smears mud on legitimate efforts to develop alternate energy technologies.

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May 6
voltronsba voted

v Yes, great idea!
May 5
GunPolitics endorsed Tralee

v No, waste of money
May 4
LonePalm endorsed blue_yahoo

v No, waste of money
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May 4
lizardking voted

v Yes, great idea!
May 2
AmandathePanda voted

v No, waste of money
May 1
FatTony14 endorsed blue_yahoo

v No, waste of money
May 1
Deste66 voted

v No, waste of money
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May 1
BossTweed endorsed blue_yahoo

v No, waste of money
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May 1
treedcat25 endorsed Russell797

v Yes, great idea!
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Apr 30

fraps

v No, waste of money

Venture capitalists know how to invest. Politicians only know how to get pork and make everything more expensive.

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Apr 30
PaulBartomioli endorsed MarkJM

v No, waste of money
Apr 30
engineerdva voted

v Yes, great idea!
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Apr 29
kimmie99 voted

v No, waste of money
Apr 29

marine1

v No, waste of money

The goverment should invest in paying off the f&&&&&g debt and bringing jobs back to this country.

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Apr 29
Keystroke voted

v No, waste of money
Apr 28
Mnementh voted

v Yes, great idea!
Apr 28
darkmoonman endorsed twinertia

v Yes, great idea!
u

Apr 28
digitalshaman voted

v Yes, great idea!
u

Apr 27
blueberrysyrup voted

v No, waste of money
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Apr 27
toledodude voted

v Yes, great idea!
Apr 26
Concerned_Cit endorsed blue_yahoo

v No, waste of money
Apr 25
Glich voted

v Yes, great idea!
Apr '13
gonzoguy1987 endorsed Russell797

v Yes, great idea!
u

Apr '13
bladsac voted

v Yes, great idea!
u

Apr '13
Bob_in_Rico voted

v Yes, great idea!
u

Apr '13
dgdgarcia146 endorsed blue_yahoo

v No, waste of money
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Apr '13
Cluster0ne voted

v I'm not sure
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Mar '13
Joke_Insurance voted

v Yes, great idea!

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May 20

Just_Lisa

v No, waste of money

Fail after fail. End it.

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May 18

seedtick

v No, waste of money

Enough of our money has been wasted on Barack Husssein Obama's pie-in-the-sky environmental schemes. Now, if we can develop reasonable alternative energy sources in a reasonable way without stealing taxpayer dollars and funneling them to cronies then, by all means, do so.

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May 14

NoAmnestyEVER

v No, waste of money

There are tons of untapped oil in the United States ready to go. So much that we could get off of foreign dependence and fix the deficit problem in one shot, instead of bailing out all the failed Solyndras for billions of wasted taxpayer dollars.

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May 14

mwr

v No, waste of money

expensive scam, stop wasting money.

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May 13

MongoAPillager

v No, waste of money

the government has no constitutional business getting involved in any ventures such as this..tenth amendment for example,,business ventures are for the private sector only

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May 11

Bill2E

v No, waste of money

Ge the government out of the energy business and let private industry work on green energy, if there is a buck to be made on it some company will pick up the research and development. It will be expensive at first but it won't have the government overspending n it.

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May 9

gherlone

v Yes, great idea!

as long as it is invested in true research, not subsidizing select, politically connected companies. Mr. Obama's crony capitalism is embarrassing, and smears mud on legitimate efforts to develop alternate energy technologies.

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Apr 30

fraps

v No, waste of money

Venture capitalists know how to invest. Politicians only know how to get pork and make everything more expensive.

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Apr 29

marine1

v No, waste of money

The goverment should invest in paying off the f&&&&&g debt and bringing jobs back to this country.

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Feb '13

jmiller94

v No, waste of money

Why is the Amerikan government investing in any technology comrade? Are they venture capitalist now?

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Feb '13

ashgreen

v Yes, great idea!

It's in our country's best interest to switch to green technology as fast as possible: 1. While expensive upfront, it saves money in the long-run meaning we will be ahead of the curve while waiting for others to catch up (economically beneficial). 2. We will no longer be reliant on foreign providers, and they will therefore not hold such huge bargaining power over our heads. 3. Foreign events will no longer threaten our energy provisions--as long as the sun is shining and the wind is blowing, we'll have energy. I really don't see any downside to this. Green energy will easily pay for itself in several decades in both time, energy, and natural resources--I don't see...

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Feb '13

cnw95

I keep thinking about GM and their EV1. Here was a green product that had demand and did NOT need gov subsidies. And this was during the time of the big SUV boom and their was intrest in an electric car. GM sold out to all the supporters of oil and flushed the EV1 down the toilet and look what happened 10 years later...oil goes through the roof and SUV sales went down like a kamikaze pilot. Bet GM wished they hadn't scrapped that EV1. What a waste.

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Feb '13

ashgreen

@cnw95 Did you see "Who Killed the Electric Car"? It was a pretty good little documentary (although I saw it on a date, pretty much the most boring date I've ever been on).

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Feb '13

cnw95

@ashgreen Yep, i saw it. An eye opening movie. Really makes you question the motives of the biggest players in our "free market" system. (Although i've never seen "who killed the electric car" as a 1st date flick...maybe "along came polly"...pretty good "non-political" flick.)

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Feb '13

ashgreen

@cnw95 Yeah, I was kind of hoping he'd take me to see Pirates of the Caribbean 2. No such luck. Let's just say I didn't date him for too long... As much as I'm very libertarian, hands-off in my politics and I don't usually agree with the government getting involved in the economy, I do think that something needs to be done about companies who completely disregard the way their industry affects the environment. It's all about the bottom line, but I think in recent years there's been a big push for more transparency and a move towards more natural production. At the same time, there's a kid driving a hummer to my sister's high school. I have only met one person ...

Post @ashgreen
Feb '13

Jamesa1019

v No, waste of money

I work full time in an industrial environment. I go to school for industrial technology. I cannot begin to tell u how "green" energy is neither "green" nor is it a good field to seek employment. I see many young kids going for wind energy. Only to not find employment upon graduation. Green energy will not break our ties to foreign energy sources, or help aid our failing economy and plummeting employment rate. I also note that there has been many failed movements that have soaked up millions if not billions of our country's money. Good thought at heart, but NOT practical at this time!

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Feb '13

ashgreen

Will it be practical when our children don't have any clean air to breathe, clean water to swim in, or forests to play in? Something has to give, and it's either going to be we adapt and change, or we will destroy ourselves. It's not practical *now*, but what about for your great-grand children? Or their great-grandchildren?

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Jan '13

Soxfanjh

v Yes, great idea!

Without an environment, we have no place to live...

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Jan '13

ukuleleism

v No, waste of money

The government should stop investing in anything for the next 15 years or so so they can get all the money they lost with the Bush and Obama Administration back.

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Jan '13

Middle0road

v Yes, great idea!

We need to invest in all opportunities that extend or even sustain our finite resources for fuel.

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Jan '13

cat2009

v No, waste of money

At this time because all of the green energy investments have taken the money run Either we find companies credible or find someone in gov. that knows what they are doing.

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Jan '13

Yank

v Yes, great idea!

As long as you add "smartly" before invest. Why not create a green tech version of NASA or DARPA?

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Jan '13

jessejaymes

v Yes, great idea!

Providing they invest in proven technology. Many places in Europe are doing great things with proven wind technology. There is no need for more Solyandra's.

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Jan '13

S-N-A-F-U

v No, waste of money

Hasn't this Amateur wasted enough of our OUR money on hair-brained schemes, that he and his affiliates have no expertise in? He obviously has to much 'green-mold' in his cabeza.....

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Jan '13

harold_lloyd

I'm so sorry to have to inform you that not everything you don't like about the universe is Obama's fault. The fifteen or twenty minutes it took you to compose and then type that little diatribe could have been better spent trying to figure out why the govt supporting new technology is a good thing.

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Jan '13

S-N-A-F-U

@harold_lloyd When one engages in insipid sophistry he should apologize. I didn't paint the 'Amateur' with a broad brush, he can't help what he is, but he is responsible for what he does. He has engaged in things that's obviously over his head -- when he should be paying attention to our out of control spending and debt of over 16.5 TRILLION DOLLARS, with over 4 BILLION being added each and every day, which I might add, he has totally ignored.....Wise-up! And Green Energy is not his Forte, especially with other peoples money we haven't got...... The complete list of faltering or bankrupt green-energy companies, many of which received govt. assistance ..... ...

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Jan '13

ir0nw0lfe

v I'm not sure

investing in green technology is essential for the future of the country. continuing to invest poorly with our tax money , no educated decision makers, and no oversight, is a recipe for financial disaster it is financially irresponsible to force the Navy to buy algae grown fuelwhen traditional fossil fuels are available at a fraction of the cost . the country is not currently in the financial state to ignore cheap sources of energy in exchange for future promises by untested technologies. let's get country on stable financially putting then talk about how much research we can pour into green technologies . why are we so desperate to be the leading bankrupt country in t...

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blue_yahoo

v No, waste of money

The government is the least efficient agency to have invest in anything. Green technology needs to be kept in the private sector where business belongs.

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Jan '13

Russell797

v Yes, great idea!

Renewable energy sources are the future, whether you agree the government should invest in it or not. The quicker we integrate clean, renewable energies into the mix the further we will be towards energy independence, safeguarded against peak oil, a cleaner environment and most important of all, slowing the growth in atmospheric and oceanic CO2. Large scale deployment of clean, renewable energies and a new, smart electrical grid would provide a boom to the economy similar to what we experienced following World War II.

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Jan '13

MarkJM

v No, waste of money

The last time we "invested" in green tech, we got the "stimulus", which was a colossal failure. A lot of that money went to green tech alright, in China. I say no, let the free market work on this. No subsidies for them (and in fairness no subsidies for big oil either). It's called Capitalism. The people will invest/buy into green tech if they so choose to.

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Jan '13

twinertia

v Yes, great idea!

Oil ain't gonna last forever, folks. The sun shines all the time, the wind blows all the time, rain's gonna fall all the time. If you don't face up to those realities, you're gonna be beating your swords into plowshares eventually.

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Jan '13

Raptor

v Yes, great idea!

If you don't, your children will pay the price. Ask yourself, are they worth it? But the greedy right wing republicans think think only of themself's and they do care for the future or your children.

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Jan '13

Tralee

v No, waste of money

Government has proven that they are not good businessmen, let the private sector do the research and development, the public need and desire for green energy will drive the market. We really don't need to waste anymore money on more Solyndra's, we don't have it to waste.

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Jan '13

Roco

v I'm not sure

Going green would be a good thing. But the typical Washington way of pork spending needs to be eliminated. Putting something in a area because it would generate income for some lobbyist's partners is not the way to go. Like fast speed rail. Don't just put it down the East coast. Research it to find the optimal place for it. Stop backing certain panels because some company made a huge donation to a candidate. Stop making regulations against some green techs to make it harder for the consumer to invest in it. Just make it affordable. How many people can afford this green "luxury cars?"

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Jan '13

gammler

v Yes, great idea!

The plain fact of the matter is that the price of oil based products will not drop to reasonable levels until oil has competition. That's economics 101. At the present time NONE of the alternative sources of energy are as efficient as oil is in producing energy at a reasonable cost. Until they are the oil companies will charge what the traffic will bear. That's why I think investment in research in "green energy" is a good idea.

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Jan '13

Locutus

v Yes, great idea!

It would save money in the long run by not sending our money out of the country. There are many ways that have been stiffled to help out the lumber, oil and money industries. If we don't start to become self sufficient now it will only get worse as we go. We have become such a lazy, blame everyone else country that we can't see our own faults. It goes back to pride in our work and from what I can see there is not much anymore. Look at the new plane that was grounded because of the battery, the lawsuits from giving our children all the medical poisons to help them. We have plenty of work here to help the people and the country but we are too busy arguing to get anything...

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Jan '13

Mercury34

v Yes, great idea!

It'll be worth the money

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