Friday, September 16, 2011

White House trumpets programs to turn research into new products

http://chronicle.com/article/White-HouseUniversities/129066/?sid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en


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But Solyndra debacle will taint such efforts for a long time to come:
http://news.yahoo.com/timeline-solyndra-solar-power-loan-debacle-222200448.html

The aroma of fraud is definitely in the air:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fbi-searches-shuttered-solyndra-offices-plant-in-california/2011/09/08/gIQAu4kRCK_story.html

Meanwhile, once again we are bested by CHinese competition, due to Peoples Republic subsidies and cheap labor. http://www.earthtimes.org/green-blogs/green-opinions/china-recurring-theme-us-solar-bankruptcy-16-Sep-11/

It makes little difference to Americans --- except for wealthy patent holders and investment bankers --- if our university labs continue to sprout new technologies, if they are stolen by China and converted into Chinese products.

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