[fremont_steve]

It’s time for me to “Duck and Cover!”

So he is coming to visit the Solyndra Factory that is being built here about 1/2 mile south of the NUMI factory that has been closed. The company received a $535 million loan from the feds. So he’s coming here to see all the jobs his $535mill bought him.

The only GOOD news lately is that Tesla is going into business with Toyota to build $50K electric sedans??!!?? Here the government has put in $50mill of a $150 million that Tesla is using to buy the plant from Toyota.

So ALL of these jobs are artificial and are heavily subsidized by our taxes.

[malos]

Does anybody have any links they can post on the viability of solar power? IE how much it is per kwh as compared to nuke and other sources. I have friends raving about there investments in panels on there houses.

[kabar]

$50K electric cars—they should sell like hotcakes.

[KeyLargo]

Several venture-backed companies were early recipients of the stimulus-funded loan guarantee program. Fremont-based Solar panel maker Solyndra - which raised $600 million in venture capital — has been a benefactor of the program to the tune of $545 million. It's building its second factory with the money.

Read more: VC running DOE's loan program - San Francisco Business Times