Category Archives: Solar
The San Francisco Green Energy Ripoff
It seems San Francisco will soon have “free” green energy that isn’t “free” or very “green.” Instead of “free” and “green” we get this: Monthly bills will increase by $84 to $180 annually You’re signed up automatically and if you … Continue reading
BP DUMPS SOLAR
……And another one bites the dust. British Petroleum is shuttering its solar manufacturing business. More proof that solar isn’t the big panacea it’s touted to be and is not going to be providing many shovel-ready jobs in the United States … Continue reading
Another Solar Fail
Here’s another example of how government cronyism causes tax-payers to lose money on solar power scams. From Chicago, the home of government corruption we get this new fail. This time, for a change, it’s solar hot water heating systems made … Continue reading
Will SunPower be the next Solyndra?
Solyndra’s body isn’t even cold yet and look at this! The solar company in Fremont, California, that filed for Bankruptcy after receiving a $535 million loan guarantee from the Obama administration under dubious circumstances, hasn’t even been auctioned off and … Continue reading
Solar Panel Propaganda
Solar panels, touted by many to be a renewable energy panacea that will rid the planet of all those nasty coal-fired power plants, may be a bigger boondoggle than we already thought. We’ve already complained that they do not appear … Continue reading
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Solargate: Let the excuses begin!
We have barely heard that the Solyndra executives testifying before Congress will invoke the 5th Amendment and we already have propaganda being put forth by Solyndra. In announcing that Solyndra executives would invoke their Fifth Amendment rights when they appear … Continue reading
Solargate: Solyndra execs will take the 5th Amendment
In a what doesn’t surprise me in the least move, Solyndra executives have announced they will be taking their 5th Amendment right when testifying before Congress this week. For those unaware, below is the 5th Amendment to the Constitution of the … Continue reading
Solargate: Solyndra Private Investors Get Paid Back Before Taxpayers
In addition to all the other problems surrounding Solyndra, we now get even more stupidification, also known as the taxpayers get screwed again. According to Associated Press: The Obama administration restructured a half-billion dollar federal loan to a troubled solar … Continue reading
Solargate: FBI executing search warrant at Solyndra
There is a new turn in the Solyndra debacle this morning. It is being reported by papers, radio and TV that the FBI is executing a search warrant at Solyndra and the Inspector General at the Department of Energy is … Continue reading
Solargate: Update – Solyndra to Lay off 1,100 and file Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.
Just heard on KCBS, San Francisco, California. Solyndra to lay off 1,100 workers and file Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. From Gigacom: “Solyndra LLC, the American manufacturer of innovative cylindrical solar systems for commercial rooftops today announced that global economic and solar industry … Continue reading
