Comeback in coal-fired power generation may be short-lived
British Journalist Melanie Phillips: Environmentalists ‘Wrench’ Evidence to Fit Climate Conclusions
Global Warming on Free Republic
Posted on 05/09/2013 11:54:54 AM PDT by grundle
“Without much fanfare, the Department of Energy (DOE) recently updated the list of loan guarantee projects on its website,” the Institute for Energy Research noticed on Wednesday. ”Unlike in 2008, when Barack Obama pledged to create 5 million jobs over 10 years by directing taxpayer funds toward renewable energy projects, there were no press conferences or stump speeches.”
Uh-oh. Why weren’t there any celebrations? President Obama loves a good celebration. Why, we just found out about the super-secret star-studded bash he held after his inauguration.
Maybe it’s because the IER divided the $26 billion spent on “green jobs” by the Energy Department since 2009, divided it by the 2,298 permanent jobs created, and came up with a cost of $11.45 million per job.
Just imagine what the actual market – not the imaginary green one dreamed up by Obama and his billionaire cronies, who very much appreciate your support, even if they never seem to get around to thanking you for it – could have done with all those billions! Let’s see, $26 billion in loan guarantees, plus $13.5 billion in tax preferences, plus $5.8 billion in cash grants for “renewable energy”… that’s $45.3 billion that could have been returned to the people who earned it, through pro-growth tax cuts. Would anyone like to wager that the private sector couldn’t create more than 2,298 permanent jobs with that kind of dough?
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Money well spent! I bet a large percentage of it ended up in Democrat coffers.
I’ll work for $9M.
Just sayin’. I’m a bargain!
sigh...Ping
I’ll work for 1 million/yr with no perks.
(saves 10 million)
I’ll work for $999,999.00.
Beat ya!
What ARE you? An illegal immigrant?
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Just absorbing the government largesse that Americans won’t absorb!
LOL!
Comeback in coal-fired power generation may be short-lived
British Journalist Melanie Phillips: Environmentalists ‘Wrench’ Evidence to Fit Climate Conclusions
Global Warming on Free Republic
Money went to Obama financial supporters’ companies for the most part.
The trick is to find out if the companies themselves donated to his 2008 campaign. They would naturally want to support the hand that feeds them.
ping
The money was not “spent” it was stolen.
The thieves should be drawn and quartered ver a sloe fire
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