Amonix. The new Solyndra.

[Biggsly]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/jan/25/some-200-laid-north-las-vegas-amonix-solar-plant/
Some 200 laid off at North Las Vegas Amonix solar plant

 

[tRidiot]

Meh... only ~$5M in taxpayer funds. Our Congress-rats spend that on parties.

 

[RickN]

That is not even the biggie for this month. Another one went belly up a week or two ago and I think it took us for around $50 million.

EDIT: Just had another thought. A few months ago the EPA passed some new rules that were going to shut down a bunch of coal fired power plants because they could not afford to meet the new air quality regs. Would it not have made more sense to have given them the money that these "green" companies got? They could have afforded to clean up the air now instead of years down the road, could have help keep people employed, and have helped meet power demands. All of this instead of just wasting taxpayer dollars on a pipe dream.

 

[Glocktogo]

That is not even the biggie for this month. Another one went belly up a week or two ago and I think it took us for around $50 million.

EDIT: Just had another thought. A few months ago the EPA passed some new rules that were going to shut down a bunch of coal fired power plants because they could not afford to meet the new air quality regs. Would it not have made more sense to have given them the money that these "green" companies got? They could have afforded to clean up the air now instead of years down the road, could have help keep people employed, and have helped meet power demands. All of this instead of just wasting taxpayer dollars on a pipe dream.

Yeah, but coal plants are the debil. You wouldn't want your green energy tax dollars given to the debil would you?

 

[RickN]

Yeah, but coal plants are the debil. You wouldn't want your green energy tax dollars given to the debil would you?

If it cuts down on air pollution while providing real energy, YES!!!!!