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Ocasio-Cortez’s green energy plan ignores Obama’s failures (shovel-ready Solyndra)
NY Post ^ | 2/09/19 | Sunil Sharan

Posted on 02/10/2019 4:56:49 PM PST by Libloather

A charismatic Barack Obama peddled the idea of 5 million new green jobs as he ran for the presidency in 2008. Actually, the number was Hillary Clinton’s idea, but when she lost, Obama appropriated it. I wrote an article in 2010 in the Washington Post busting Obama’s myth, and the green industry rewarded me by keeping me unemployed ever since.

Obama invested billions in the clean energy sector. Flameout after flameout like the solar company, Solyndra, resulted. There was hardly any accrual in new green jobs.

That was the myth of the clean-energy industry — that the technology and business models were ready for 5 millions jobs. They weren’t. I was engineer in one corner of clean energy — smart utility meters.

While politicians sold their myth, the shale oil and gas industry created half a million jobs during the first half of the Obama presidency, all without federal funding or incentives. The economy was still rocky in 2012, and these shale jobs directly contributed in Obama winning his second term.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: berniesanders; climate; cortez; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; energy; globalwarminghoax; green; greennewdeal; hussein; moneylaundering; newyork; obama; ocasiocortez; solyndra; vermont
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To: ronnie raygun

Green Movement/ Green Party = Watermelon.

Green on the outside, RED on the inside!


21 posted on 02/11/2019 4:51:31 AM PST by buffyt (Rush Limbaugh is M.R.G.A. = Making Radio Great Again!)
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To: Thank You Rush

I can’t believe this utterly stupid girl child is being taken seriously. She is as bright as a ten watt incandescent bulb dipped in paint...or less.


22 posted on 02/12/2019 7:41:32 AM PST by RipSawyer (AOC is Michael Moore's ideal president)
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To: Libloather

It wasn’t only Solyndra:

Solar Trust of America: FAIL - Filed Bankruptcy in Oakland, CA, April 3, 2012 – On April 2, 2012

Bright Source: FAIL - Bright Source warned Obama’s Energy Department officials in March 2011 that delays in approving a $1.6 billion U.S. loan guarantee would embarrass the White House and force the solar-energy company to close. Lost Billions of dollars but Getting More Money To Keep Trying.

Solyndra: FAIL - Obama gave Solyndra $500,000,000 in taxpayer money and Solyndra shut its doors and laid off 1100 workers in August 2011 After Billions in Losses due to failure to make a solar product that works!

LSP Energy: FAIL - LSPEnergy LP filed bankruptcy protection and a sale of its assets in Feb 2012

Energy Conversion Devices: FAIL – On February 14, 2012 Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. and its subsidiaries filed for bankruptcy

Abound Solar: FAIL - Abound Solar received a $400 million loan guarantee from Barack Obama announced in June, 2012 that it would file for bankruptcy

SunPower: FAIL – SunPower stopped producing solar cells last year at near bankruptcy restructured only with help of, get this, oil giant TOTAL who owns 60% stake. Irony! Still

Beacon Power: FAIL – Beacon Power Corp filed for bankruptcy Oct 2011 just a year after Obama approved $43 million loan Government loan guarantee

Ecotality: FAIL - ECOtality, a San Francisco green-tech company that never earned any money on the verge of bankruptcy after receiving roughly $115 million in two loan guarantees from Obama

A123 Solar: FAIL-A123 received $279 million from taxpayers thanks to President Obama’sDepartment of Energy loan guarantees and after Solyndra bankruptcy is getting another $500M from Obama and it has lost $400M

UniSolar: FAIL - Uni-Solar filed for Ch 11 bankruptcy in June 20 this year laid off hundreds got more Obama money still failing but still in business

Azure Dynamics: FAIL - Azure Dynamics files for bankruptcy after millions in Obama “Stimulus”

Evergreen Solar: FAIL - Evergreen Solar received $527 Million in Taxpayer money from Obama filed bankruptcy

Ener1: FAIL received more than $100 million in government funding from the Obama administration filed for bankruptcy January 2012


23 posted on 02/12/2019 9:50:06 AM PST by Amish with an attitude
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To: Libloather

We do not want Amazon and their 2,000 capitalist high paying jobs in New York City. I will do all that I can to make sure they go someplace else. All Wall Street capitalist companies have been warned. You are not welcome in New York City.

24 posted on 02/16/2019 2:37:46 PM PST by seawolf101 (Member LES DEPLORABLES)
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