{"id":4077,"date":"2012-08-06T11:00:28","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T18:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/?p=4077"},"modified":"2012-08-06T11:01:24","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T18:01:24","slug":"winners-and-losers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2012\/08\/06\/winners-and-losers\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners and losers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some people accuse leftist federal government (namely Obama) of picking winners and losers. That isn’t really fair. Obama just picks losers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Solar-cell manufacturer Solyndra became a household name when it collapsed, taking $627 million in American taxpayer dollars with it. It’s the poster company for the government picking winners and losers\u00e2\u20ac\u201dor really, just losers\u00e2\u20ac\u201din the energy market. But there are 12 more “green energy” losers that have declared bankruptcy despite attempts to prop them up with taxpayer money\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand the list is growing.<\/p>\n

There’s a reason why these companies could not rely solely on private financing and needed help from the government. They couldn’t make it on their own; they couldn’t even make it with extra taxpayer help.<\/p>\n

These green government “investments” take from one (by taxing or borrowing) and give to another, but they merely move money around. They do not create jobs. They send labor and resources to areas of the economy where they are wasted. Proponents of special financing and tax credits for solar companies claim that these benefits will pay for themselves<\/a> down the line\u00e2\u20ac\u201dbut when the companies receiving them are going bankrupt, that is highly unlikely.<\/p>\n

Kate Adams, a member of Heritage’s Young Leaders Program, and Heritage’s Rachael Slobodien compiled a list of the 12 members of the Green Graveyard\u00e2\u20ac\u201dcompanies that received taxpayer money for green initiatives yet have filed for bankruptcy.<\/p>\n

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  1. Abound Solar (Loveland, Colorado), manufacturer of thin film photovoltaic modules.<\/li>\n
  2. Beacon Power (Tyngsborough, Massachusetts), designed and developed advanced products and services to support stable, reliable and efficient electricity grid operation.<\/li>\n
  3. Ener1 (Indianapolis, Indiana), built compact\u00a0lithium-ion-powered battery solutions\u00a0for hybrid and electric cars.<\/li>\n
  4. Energy Conversion Devices (Rochester Hills, Michigan\/Auburn Hills, Michigan), manufacturer of flexible thin film photovoltaic (PV) technology and a producer of batteries and other renewable energy-related products.<\/li>\n
  5. Evergreen Solar, Inc. (Marlborough, Massachusetts), manufactured and installed solar panels.<\/li>\n
  6. Mountain Plaza, Inc. (Dandridge, Tennessee), designed and implemented “truck-stop electrification” technology.<\/li>\n
  7. Olsen’s Crop Service and Olsens Mills Acquisition Co. (Berlin, Wisconsin), a private company producing ethanol.<\/li>\n
  8. Range Fuels (Soperton, Georgia), tried to develop a technology that converted biomass into ethanol without the use of enzymes.<\/li>\n
  9. Raser Technologies (Provo, Utah), geothermal power plants and technology licensing.<\/li>\n
  10. Solyndra (Fremont, California), manufacturer of cylindrical panels of thin-film solar cells.<\/li>\n
  11. Spectrawatt (Hopewell, New York), solar cell manufacturer.<\/li>\n
  12. Thompson River Power LLC (Wayzata, Minnesota), designed and developed advanced products and services to support stable, reliable and efficient electricity grid operation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Is there a company somewhere that you don’t like? See if you can get the Obama stimulus spenders to give money to it. It’s the kiss of death.<\/p>\n

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