[Redcitizen]

” even though officials said interest in providing Solyndra with guaranteed government loans was first sought under the Bush administration. “

In other words... Bush’s fault.

[Track9]

Not before they used up 700 million or so of OUR money. And I’m sure any good accounting of their books would make your head explode. Where did all the luxury cars go.. the expense accounts.. the toys..?

[Hugin]

The price for solar panels has tanked in part because of heavy competition from Chinese companies...

How unexpected.

[ltc8k6]

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2011/08/green-jobs-up-in-smoke.php

[SMGFan]

Is Barack Obama dumb? Yes!

[truthguy]

Solar and Wind Energy are not the answer to our major energy needs. In some limited circumstances Solar and Wind might provide a small amount of energy, say something in the order of 3-5%. But for baseline energy you can forget about it.

If solar and wind were so great the engineers at the power companies would have been pushing it for a long time. They haven't because being good engineers, they knew it wouldn't work or wouldn't work very well. These people know a hell of a lot more about electrical energy than politicians and green energy advocates. They are also a lot smarter.

Jerry Brown (the Clown) was just at an alternative energy meeting in Nevada sponsored by the fool Harry Reid. They haven't given up on the dream and they don't care if they bankrupt the state of California, the state of Nevada, and the United States in their foolish pursuit of this energy fantasy. The California Legislature (a house of fools) just past laws requiring that utilities use 33% renewable by 2020. Unless California decides to start building damns soon they either will never be able to meet this requirement OR energy in California will be fantastically expensive and will damage an already weak economy.

The problem in California is Californians.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=solar

[Huskrrrr]

Another large empty barn in Fremont.

[TheBigIf]

Well considering that democrats claim that we just didnt spend enough tax payer dollars with stimulus yet to see the economic success then maybe the democrats should take the stand to give Solyndra more. Lets see the dems follow their own logic through on this one.

Maybe another 700 million?

[Inwoodian]

If and when this all shakes out there will be hundreds or thousands of criminal enterprises masquerading as businesses that will be shown to have plundered the public fisc in the name of good government. Man is not perfectable.

[oyez]

Solar and Wind power is so appealing because they trumped it up as something from nothing. The logical route is to look deeper, like the core of the earth.

[Da Coyote]

Liberals no nothing about science, and even less about business.

Math is not only not their friend, math is a language far beyond their meager ability to comprehend.

From Marx on, their legacy is one of all-consuming failure.

As in “massive fail’.

And they are the ones claiming “intelligence”.

Heh!

[RetiredTexasVet]

Why build solar or wind when you must have a coal, gas, or nuclear plant as a backup for when the wind doesn’t blow or the sun doesn’t shine (except in progressive fantasies). You can spin it a hundred different ways, but you come back to this same basic fact ... the wind doesn’t always blow and the sun doesn’t always shine.

[Last Dakotan]

The price for solar panels has tanked in part because of heavy competition from Chinese companies...

So long as we let the Chinese subsidize their exports by currency manipulation, we'll never get this economy going or get any jobs back.

Innovation is dead too. The Chinese just take what technology they need. MFN for China was one of the worst decisions ever.

[hsalaw]

Solyndra is the third solar company to seek bankruptcy protection this month. Officials said Wednesday that the global economy as well as unfavorable conditions in the solar industry combined to force the company to suspend its manufacturing operations.

Oh, please. "Global economy," my eye. If they had a product people actually wanted to buy, the "global economy" wouldn't matter.

[org.whodat]

Will boner and the republicans ever decide to do some work and investigate this crap and see who got the money.

[Cheetahcat]

Need to stick the forensic accountants on this and start Jailing people!

[M. Espinola]

My 'Green' scam is raking in the (taxpayers) dough!

[REPANDPROUDOFIT]

The price for solar panels has tanked in part because of heavy competition from Chinese companies

The price has tanked because it isn't a cost-effective product and consumers know it! Supplementing a company to produce a product the public doesn't want - that is the height of stupidity. Problem is, Obama does it with my money!

That $535 billion could have bought a lot of solar panels from the Chinese. I wonder how many American homes could have been outfitted with solar hot water instead of pouring the money down the "green jobs" drain.

[REPANDPROUDOFIT]

All I want to know is what Solyndra did with the $535 billion? What kind of salaries were they paying; benefits, bonuses?

Will the now unemployed workers or executives be receiving a pension and retirement benefits in the future?