Battery Manufacturer Files For Bankruptcy

[westwall]

Yet another Obama supported "Green Co." goes tits up. This one only cost the US taxpayers 118 million. I wonder how big a kickback my fellow Dems got?




Ener1, Parent of Obama-Backed Green Company, Files for Bankruptcy - ABC News

 

[Old Rocks]

And if one of the present companies that are competing to develop the battery of the future comes up with a winner, a great many more battery companies will go bankrupt. But we will not remember that, any more than we remember the all the start up companies that tried to create a successful operating system, and went bust when MicroSoft and Apple created their products.

Point is, without some investment in the major research, the other natons, Germany, China, and many others, that are making this investment, will be selling the technology here, instead of the other way around.

But that's OK with you, isn't it, Walleyes. Rather see the nation drop to third world status than see your political ideology exposed for the nonsense that it is.

 

[Trajan]

And if one of the present companies that are competing to develop the battery of the future comes up with a winner, a great many more battery companies will go bankrupt. But we will not remember that, any more than we remember the all the start up companies that tried to create a successful operating system, and went bust when MicroSoft and Apple created their products.

Point is, without some investment in the major research, the other natons, Germany, China, and many others, that are making this investment, will be selling the technology here, instead of the other way around.

But that's OK with you, isn't it, Walleyes. Rather see the nation drop to third world status than see your political ideology exposed for the nonsense that it is.

your post is horsehockey.

the point is if they had it all going on VC would have jumped in and funded them. we have 5 national laboratorys working on the tech. side, the production side isn't ready becasue the tech. sdie isn't there or efficable in margins that would prodcue a profit.

Throwing tax payer money at it, while private money sits on the sidelines should tell you something.

 

[Mad Scientist]

And if one of the present companies that are competing to develop the battery of the future comes up with a winner, a great many more battery companies will go bankrupt. But we will not remember that, any more than we remember the all the start up companies that tried to create a successful operating system, and went bust when MicroSoft and Apple created their products.

Point is, without some investment in the major research, the other natons, Germany, China, and many others, that are making this investment, will be selling the technology here, instead of the other way around.

But that's OK with you, isn't it, Walleyes. Rather see the nation drop to third world status than see your political ideology exposed for the nonsense that it is.

China only makes that shit because we want it. If we wanted polished aluminum jock straps they'd be making those too.

Wake up, China is just providing cheap labor for whatever stupid shit the US gov't can subsidize. They don't give a f*ck about your "green technology".

 

[syrenn]

I beat ya to it


http://www.usmessageboard.com/polit...endorsed-green-energy-another-bankruptcy.html

 

[westwall]

I beat ya to it


http://www.usmessageboard.com/polit...endorsed-green-energy-another-bankruptcy.html

Drat! I didn't see the thread or I would have just posted on it!

 

[Zander]

You bunch of heartless conservatives! These companies do not need to do well, they just need to make liberals FEEL good. Take good intentions; add Hope and change; pretty rainbows; stir in unicorn farts; and we can power the world!! Spread the Rainbow!!!

 

[syrenn]

 

[percysunshine]

The Neveready bunny keeps going...and going...and going...

 

[syrenn]

I beat ya to it


http://www.usmessageboard.com/polit...endorsed-green-energy-another-bankruptcy.html

Drat! I didn't see the thread or I would have just posted on it!

It was really hard to call what forum to put it in. I decided on politics as the whole thing was a political move. Funds given for political pay back favors and the whole "green" thing was a political thing for obama.

 

[Mr. H.]

And if one of the present companies that are competing to develop the battery of the future comes up with a winner, a great many more battery companies will go bankrupt. But we will not remember that, any more than we remember the all the start up companies that tried to create a successful operating system, and went bust when MicroSoft and Apple created their products.

Point is, without some investment in the major research, the other natons, Germany, China, and many others, that are making this investment, will be selling the technology here, instead of the other way around.

But that's OK with you, isn't it, Walleyes. Rather see the nation drop to third world status than see your political ideology exposed for the nonsense that it is.

If I'm not mistaken, those OS start-ups were also privately funded.

And what's so bad about other nations dumping their governments' research dollars into such endeavors, then selling the tech to U.S. companies?

The money is in the marketing, not necessarily on the research end.

 

[Big Fitz]

And if one of the present companies that are competing to develop the battery of the future comes up with a winner, a great many more battery companies will go bankrupt. But we will not remember that, any more than we remember the all the start up companies that tried to create a successful operating system, and went bust when MicroSoft and Apple created their products.

Point is, without some investment in the major research, the other natons, Germany, China, and many others, that are making this investment, will be selling the technology here, instead of the other way around.

But that's OK with you, isn't it, Walleyes. Rather see the nation drop to third world status than see your political ideology exposed for the nonsense that it is.

your post is horsehockey.

the point is if they had it all going on VC would have jumped in and funded them. we have 5 national laboratorys working on the tech. side, the production side isn't ready becasue the tech. sdie isn't there or efficable in margins that would prodcue a profit.

Throwing tax payer money at it, while private money sits on the sidelines should tell you something.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again.

Solar energy is a nice supplimental form of electrical generation. VIABLE large scale solar generation that can compete with what traditional (coal/hydro/nuclear/gas) sources are available is about 50-75 years out.

We also need to get some significant upgrades in battery tech. I wish they'd get Programmable Matter (otherwise known as quantum wells in the lab currently) figured out. The energy density for one of those is astronomical. Of course you then need to figure out how to cheaply mass produce c60 "Fullerine" cells... blah blah blah.

Bottom line... it's still science fiction.