(02-14-2015 11:32 AM)EagleRockCafe Wrote:  

(02-14-2015 08:37 AM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  Green energy isn't economically viable, so Dems have to pilfer the public treasury to pay for it.

Solar Energy Subsidies Cost $39 Billion Per Year

Quote: Despite billions spent in investments over decades, solar energy will only make up 0.6 percent of total electricity generation in the United States, according to a report released by the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA).

“In spite of government’s best efforts to encourage innovation by solar energy companies and encourage Americans to rely more heavily on solar electricity, solar power continues to be a losing proposition,” the report said. “American taxpayers spent an average of $39 billion a year over the past 5 years financing grants, subsidizing tax credits, guaranteeing loans, bailing out failed solar energy boondoggles and otherwise underwriting every idea under the sun to make solar energy cheaper and more popular. But none of it has worked.”

Government support for the solar industry is vast, with at least 345 different federal initiatives that spread across 20 agencies, the report noted. The Pentagon has the highest number of solar programs, with 63, followed by the Interior Department, which oversees 37 programs. The Energy Department only manages 34 solar programs.

“This report is only the first step in asking the important questions about solar subsidies,” said David Williams, the president of the TPA. “Taxpayers need to know the truth about where their dollars are being spent.”[…]

The report concluded that the time has come for solar energy to prove its merits without billions in support from the federal government.

“After decades of massive ‘investments’ and disappointing results, it is time that Americans critically evaluate whether our faltering federal solar initiatives deserve continued support,” the report said. “With so little to show for so many costly initiatives, it should be apparent to objective observers that federal solar power efforts have not been a productive or prudent use of precious tax dollars.”

“Solar energy’s day in the sun may yet come, but taxpayers should not be forced to foot the cost associated with turning the failing industry around,” it added. “Solar energy must be asked to stand on its own, powered exclusively by private investment and initiative.”

http://freebeacon.com/issues/report-sola...-per-year/

Yup, that SHOULD suffice but i doubt it will. Instead we'll get an argument about those mean old oil companies that make too much money.

Dem Billionaire Environmentalist Tom Steyer Has Deep Ties To The Oregon Corruption Scandal…



Of course a group he finances would be at the center of this…

Quote:Top advisers to the billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer helped run a green group, financed in part by Steyer himself, that is at the center of a corruption scandal that could force the Democratic governor of Oregon to resign.

An executive at one of Steyer’s nonprofit groups and a political vendor who has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the hedge fund manager’s political operations helped run the group, which is accused of influencing state energy policy through undisclosed payments to Oregon’s first lady.

The controversy centers on Gov. John Kitzhaber’s fiancée, Cylvia Hayes. She was paid $118,000 by the Clean Energy Development Center (CEDC) to advocate for environmentalist policies in Oregon.

Hayes never disclosed those payments, despite acting as an informal adviser to the governor as he pushed a low-carbon fuel standard for the state.

Dan Carol, then a strategic adviser to CEDC, helped Hayes land the position. He was given a $165,000-per-year job in the Kitzhaber administration.

Kitzhaber is expected to resign today under intense scrutiny over the scandal. The scandal could extend beyond Oregon given Steyer’s involvement. Steyer has donated millions to a group that helped finance Hayes’ position, which could ensnare one of the Democratic Party’s most prominent fundraisers in the scandal.

http://freebeacon.com/issues/tom-steyers...n-scandal/

Oregon scored some serious points when it comes to competency in corruption but they still aren't very good at it.