Tag Archives: Alternative Energy

House GOP Kills Jobs. Goes On Vacation.

Posted on September 19, 2012 at 2:30 pm by JM Ashby

While congress goes on vacation for another two months on the orders of House Majority Shitkicker Eric Cantor, 400 people at Siemens, a company that produces blades for wind turbines, will lose their jobs because congress still hasn’t renewed the … Continue reading →

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But Solyndra!

Posted on June 2, 2012 at 4:00 pm by JM Ashby

Konarka Technologies announced that it was filing for bankruptcy yesterday, and their connection to Mitt Romney is blissfully amusing. A Bay State solar panel developer that landed a state loan from Mitt Romney when he was Massachusetts governor has gone … Continue reading →

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Everything Old is New

Posted on May 31, 2012 at 3:00 pm by JM Ashby

Case in point: House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa and his crack team of witch hunters spent over a year inspecting every last crumb of Solyndra, and in the end they found nothing incriminating or implicating the Obama Administration. One reason … Continue reading →

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House GOP Thumbs Their Nose at the Pentagon Again

Posted on May 16, 2012 at 5:15 pm by JM Ashby

Via TPM, hidden inside the House Armed Services Committee defense budget, which the Obama Administration is now threatening to veto, is a ban on the Pentagon’s biofuel research. Earlier this week, the Republican-led committee voted to ban the Department of … Continue reading →

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Most Productive Quarter Yet for Wind Power

Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:00 pm by JM Ashby

Good news, the U.S. wind-power industry grew by 52 percent in the first quarter of the year, and there are 8916 megawatts of wind plants currently under construction in 31 states. The first quarter (Q1) of 2012 was the most … Continue reading →

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Obviously Another Solyndra Waiting to Happen

Posted on April 12, 2012 at 6:15 pm by JM Ashby

The U.S. Army announced the creation of a new green-energy laboratory in Warren, Michigan yesterday which will design, develope, and test alternative energy technology to be used in our nation’s military vehicles. The new lab, called the Ground Systems Power … Continue reading →

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Picking Winners and Losers

Posted on March 31, 2012 at 2:00 pm by JM Ashby

Among the four Democratic senators who voted with the GOP to extend Big Oil subsidies and against a renewal of clean energy subsidies, which may result in as many as 37,000 job losses, was Senator Jim Webb (D-VA). According to … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day

Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:00 pm by JM Ashby

I mean, the American people aren’t stupid. They know that’s not a plan – especially since we’re already drilling. That’s a bumper sticker. It’s not a strategy to solve our energy challenge. That’s a strategy to get politicians through an … Continue reading →

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Chart(s) of the Day

Posted on February 23, 2012 at 3:00 pm by JM Ashby

Is President Obama responsible for rising gas prices? Is any president? Of any country? The short answer is no. At least, not under normal circumstances. Gas prices are rising globally, not just here in the United States where “drill, baby, … Continue reading →

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An Anomoly

Posted on December 3, 2011 at 4:50 pm by JM Ashby

Shock! Outrage! The collapse and subsequent default of the solar-cell manufacturer Solyndra, while bad, is otherwise just a blip on the radar. That’s at least the conclusion of a new independent report from Bloomberg Government analyzing the $16.1 billion Department … Continue reading →

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