US had 2nd hottest summer on record. 2.4F above avg. 1st was during Dust Bowl.
FBI raided Solyndra - the solar firm that filed for bankruptcy with a $500M DOE loan guarantee outstanding. Republicans widening the probe in Congress and may subpoena the White House. Hell no they won't let that go all the way to next November.
DOE announced $8.5M to 16 projects to promote - promote - EV adoption in major cities.
Switching from coal to NG for elgen will reduce global warming much less than hoped: National Center for Atmos Research. Particulate emissions from coal and NG methane leaks major factors. The only answer: clean E. And I say what about common sense nuclear. Thorium, no building on fault lines or in tsunami zones, and standardization. Besides wind, solar, hydro (including wave and tidal), geothermal, EV's, magnetics, superconductivity and the rest.
A $90.6M DOE loan guarantee - what, 1 a day? - to Cogentrix for a 30MW hi-concentration PV solar project in south CO near Alamosa. Will be world's largest CPV plant in world at mid-'12 completion. Cogentrix a subsid of Goldman. 80% US components. 100 construction jobs, 10 permanent jobs. 1st loan guarantee for CPV. But a 150MW CA project in the works.
Happy 9/11 weekend, pards.
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