Comments on: Solyndra is a black eye for the DOE’s clean power support http://gigaom.com/2011/08/31/solyndra-is-a-black-eye-for-the-does-clean-power-support/ Sat, 25 May 2013 16:05:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: crushliberalism http://gigaom.com/2011/08/31/solyndra-is-a-black-eye-for-the-does-clean-power-support/#comment-653207 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:38:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=399935#comment-653207 “Upton is now loudly saying the equivalent of ‘I told you so.’”

I told you so.

]]> By: kdj0172 http://gigaom.com/2011/08/31/solyndra-is-a-black-eye-for-the-does-clean-power-support/#comment-653206 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:38:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=399935#comment-653206 You mean China that opens a new nuclear plant every week? Or are you saying that somehow solar was going to be cost effective 8 years ago when it isn’t even close to cost effective now? How about allowing all the options to be open and let U.S. companies extract natural resources in the U.S. and it’s waters while you keep on working on finding a cost affective way to produce “clean” energy. If it’s not cost effective, it will ship jobs to China just as quickly.

]]> By: frd750 http://gigaom.com/2011/08/31/solyndra-is-a-black-eye-for-the-does-clean-power-support/#comment-652474 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:35:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=399935#comment-652474 If the previous administration had supported renewable technology instead of pushing coal and oil the US would be in the position now occupied by China. There were those who predicted exactly what has happened, but they were ignored. As a result thousands and thousands of job are now in China instead of the US.

]]> By: Roberto Santana http://gigaom.com/2011/08/31/solyndra-is-a-black-eye-for-the-does-clean-power-support/#comment-652351 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 23:47:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=399935#comment-652351 Here it is the link to the blogpost: http://therobsantana.com/

]]> By: Roberto Santana http://gigaom.com/2011/08/31/solyndra-is-a-black-eye-for-the-does-clean-power-support/#comment-652349 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 23:46:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=399935#comment-652349 Here it is the link:http://therobsantana.com/

]]> By: Roberto Santana http://gigaom.com/2011/08/31/solyndra-is-a-black-eye-for-the-does-clean-power-support/#comment-652348 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 23:45:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=399935#comment-652348 Thought you might find my blogpost about disrupting the energy industry helpful

]]> By: Felix Hoenikker http://gigaom.com/2011/08/31/solyndra-is-a-black-eye-for-the-does-clean-power-support/#comment-652313 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:36:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=399935#comment-652313 Here is another possible DOE-VC landmine
http://gigaom.com/cleantech/solopower-shooting-for-another-44m-for-thin-film-solar/

]]> By: Felix Hoenikker http://gigaom.com/2011/08/31/solyndra-is-a-black-eye-for-the-does-clean-power-support/#comment-652311 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:24:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=399935#comment-652311 I think there are smarter ways to invest for returns in the space. I doubt there will be a Google of cleantech anytime soon….but then again Googles are blackswans and anticipated by few ;)

]]> By: JeffC http://gigaom.com/2011/08/31/solyndra-is-a-black-eye-for-the-does-clean-power-support/#comment-652249 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:06:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=399935#comment-652249 Are there any “good” bets in the green energy sector ?

]]> By: Felix Hoenikker http://gigaom.com/2011/08/31/solyndra-is-a-black-eye-for-the-does-clean-power-support/#comment-652224 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:32:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=399935#comment-652224 Solyndra was an easy pass in 2008 but not for a bunch of VCs without any energy know-how proselytizing technology they didn’t understand…they were drinking the cool-aide and convinced the DOE to join the party. Symptomatic of a need for actual energy investing talent….so it goes.
http://opensourcecleantech.blogspot.com/

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