On 6/26/2012 8:54 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:14:45 -0400, JustWait
wrote:

Of course "are not viable over the long term"... I know that and that's
why we need to spend that time looking for "viable" alternatives. We
have plenty of time though, don't have to do it on one election cycle.
We can take our time and get it right, and in the mean time, still find
better and cleaner ways to use what we have.... I guess my sarcasm
missed you but I am not against new technology at all, as long as it's
not technology we already know won't work... And certainly I don't want
it to turn into just more Global Taxing for nothing...

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People who are afraid to make mistakes never move forward. Not all
R&D is destined to be successful. It's a matter of risk management
and cutting your losses when things aren't working out. Trying to
position energy development failures as a political issue is a huge
mistake and bad for the country in the long term.


I don't know how I could be more clear. Although I think a lot of the
Global taxing and fuss is political, that is not my main point. I don't
think we should be spending money on technology "such as Solyndra" where
we already knew the technology was obsolete and couldn't compete with
the Chinese Technology which was already up and running at the time.
What is so unclear about that. I don't know why we would spend billions
for instance on Wind when we already know it's not going to be the
answer... Spend money on technology we haven't already figured out will
not suit our needs...