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Subsidized Solar Energy – Let’s Not Buy Any More Magic Rocks

People may complain about tax breaks for successful energy companies but the one thing worse is spending real money on lousy ones.   Yet it has happened because advocacy is taking precedence over science.The recent Solyndra LLC collapse is not the first time this has happened, nor can it be blamed solely on the Obama administration simply due to his zeal for alternative energy - the...

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Energy Secretary Steven Chu Gets Practical On Keystone XL Pipeline

In the early days of the Obama administration transition, there were a number of concerns about his anti-science beliefs.  He hired a guy who thought girls couldn't do math and one who thinks there is a government UFO conspiracy.But then he made Steven Chu Energy Secretary, and that was good, if only Chu could curb his anti-CO2 fetish. read...

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