Saving the Planet

Monday 26 December 2011 - Filed under Uncategorized

I thought that green energy programs were about saving the planet.

Meant to create jobs and cut reliance on foreign oil, Obama’s green-technology program was infused with politics at every level, The Washington Post found in an analysis of thousands of memos, company records and internal ­e-mails. Political considerations were raised repeatedly by company investors, Energy Department bureaucrats and White House officials.

The records, some previously unreported, show that when warned that financial disaster might lie ahead, the administration remained steadfast in its support for Solyndra.

The documents reviewed by The Post, which began examining the clean-technology program a year ago, provide a detailed look inside the day-to-day workings of the upper levels of the Obama administration. They also give an unprecedented glimpse into high-level maneuvering by politically connected clean-technology investors.

As with everything else in DC, green energy isn’t about anything other than money and power. Anyone who believes differently is either naive almost beyond repair, or hopelessly partisan.

2011-12-26  »  madlibertarianguy