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        <title><![CDATA[Your handle is ironic...]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-7570-67072]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[&quot;Here is the scam. They took the US government loan intended to expand the California plant to meet the demands of the $4 billion in projects and instead they bought Photon Solar in India.&quot;The U.S. government did not provide Solyndra a loan. Let me repeat this so it gets through: the U.S. government did not provide a loan. They provided a loan guarantee. I'd love to know where you got your &quot;info.&quot;]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dougmms]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:41:13 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Changes in state support will also account for some difference]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Changes in state support will also account for some difference in the US domestic installation figures.  Here in NY state, the subsidy per kw went down by quite a bit, making each proposal done in 2011 more expensive than ones done the year before.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[MichaelOHara]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:00:33 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[We had one of the shortest Q&amp;A in the history of Congress today...]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-7570-53778]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[...as Solyndra's CEO &amp; CFO did little more than plead the 5th before the House Energy and Commerce Committee investigative panel.  Henry Waxman got a bit indignant at some of the questions that were without-a-doubt really soundbites. (I know, funny in and of itself) And yet they were tame compared to some of the questions I might have liked to have seen asked.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JohnMcGrew@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:39:50 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A joke to speak of Solyndra.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Solyndra used their California plant to secure over $4 billion in projects for 2 commercial solar generation plants in southern California.  The bidding process was rigged to favor a company with an in state production facility.Here is the scam.  They took the US government loan intended to expand the California plant to meet the demands of the $4 billion in projects and instead they bought Photon Solar in India.  They transferred the $4 billion in work to that plant and closed the California production facility while filing bankruptcy on the name Solyndra.They get a new manufacturing facility paid for by US taxpayers and $4 billion in work from the ratepayers in Southern California and avoid paying back the US government backed loan.That is what the green industry likes to call creative financing and good strategic planning.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hates Idiots]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:43:31 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yours SOLARly - US]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Yes. US is advancing in Solar at a great speed.  It is hoped the cost of Solar power will soon come down so that more and more developing countries go for major solar projects.Dr.A.Jagadeesh  Nellore(AP),IndiaWind Energy ExpertE-mail: anumakonda.jagadeesh@gmail.com]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[anumakonda.jagadeesh@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:39:49 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[&amp;quot;profit gouging&amp;quot;?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-7570-53215]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[What exactly is that?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JohnMcGrew@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:18:11 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[We need robotic factories]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-7570-53179]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Thanks for the encouraging news. Only through advanced machine automation will solar ever be cheap enough to store in batteries (which also needs to be made by machines for almost free 24/7). This in turn would create almost unlimited install jobs. So I don't care where the panels are made, just as long as profit gouging is kept to an absolute minimum.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[fireofenergy]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:41:19 -0700</pubDate>
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