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2025-02-10 Government Corruption

Energy experts blast failed billion-dollar DOE project as ‘financial boondoggle,' ‘disaster'

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Posted by Besoeker 2025-02-10 06:35|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

"Despite receiving $1.6 billion in federal loan guarantees, it never lived up to its promises, producing less electricity than expected while still relying on natural gas to stay operational."

Posted by Besoeker 2025-02-10 06:47|| 2025-02-10 06:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Climate lawfare is running into a powerful force liberals didn’t expect

Posted by Skidmark 2025-02-10 08:23|| 2025-02-10 08:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Big surprise. None of the 'solar concentrators' ever managed to make net plus energy. It costs more to run them than it makes.

Posted by ed in texas 2025-02-10 08:29|| 2025-02-10 08:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Oil speculators used to quietly sell 20 percent of production shares of a proposed well to 35 people. Losing money is big business.

Posted by Besoeker 2025-02-10 08:43|| 2025-02-10 08:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Just another Clinton-Russia deal - it's right there in the name... IVAN-pah

Posted by Mercutio 2025-02-10 09:36|| 2025-02-10 09:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Democrats go on offensive to protect subsidies for ‘cheap’ renewables that Trump’s orders froze

Posted by Skidmark 2025-02-10 10:57|| 2025-02-10 10:57|| Front Page Top

#7 Good chance that much of the land, now hosting the thermal solar plant will eventually be covered with photovoltaic panels.

Which would work well if we had batteries that were about 50x better than the lithium ones.

Posted by Lord Garth 2025-02-10 19:41|| 2025-02-10 19:41|| Front Page Top

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