ChemE Stewart <[email protected]> wrote:
> Actually, the taxpayers just paid off $539M of their own loan to Ivanpah. > Taxpayers lent the money and taxpayers paid. > That is not what Renewable Energy News said. I do not know which version of the news is correct, but I kind of doubt the Federal Government would agree to the arrangement described in your source. (Cato.org) Both sources may be biased. Renewable Energy News is opposed to fossil fuels and in favor of renewable energy and new energy sources. Cato.org is the opposite. I doubt they have any objection to the gigantic subsidies for oil and coal. They oppose energy research, including research into fossil fuel. I expect they would be furious to learn that DARPA has supported cold fusion! http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/energy/energy-subsidies Some of the items listed here, such as the National Ignition Facility and most National Labs are in the nuclear weapons development business, not energy. They are under the DoE but they should be in the DoD. Speaking of the DoD, see: http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2015/11/06 - Jed
