[buckalfa]

"--- WVU has long taken huge sums from the federal Dept. of Energy for "energy research" and has delivered little or nothing for that "investment."---"

Appalachia is littered with failed government funded alternate energy / clean coal projects. Universities are a perfect funnel for money from Uncle Sugar Daddy.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“Universities are a perfect funnel for money from Uncle Sugar Daddy.”

Exactly right. You hit it on the head. As are state “Departments of Commerce.” I’ve got years of personal experience with the DOE at Morgantown. Endless streams of Uncle Sugar Daddy money and absolutely zero return. This breathless announcement of an $80 BILLION deal with the Chinese — worthless.