Conservative blogs, newscasts, and radio shows
are eager to launch their claws and fangs into the swath of green energy
companies who have received loans or other financial assistance from the White
House. They claim that these very high profile cases mean that green energy
isn’t the answer to our pain at the pumps, or from non-renewable energy running
out. Is it true, however? Do the failures of companies like Solyndra mean that
the green energy market as a whole is doomed to failure? Or are these just
politically motivated hack job attacks at the president?
The truth is somewhere in the middle. First off, every
one of those articles is based on an accurate accounting of what happened to
those companies. The people who ran them were bad at managing companies, and
were often looting hefty sums from their businesses, and lining their pockets
with bonuses. On the other hand, the businesses that are failing are only a
sampling of the entirety.
While the political slanting of some of those blogs
and news stories might drive Americans to think that the green energy market is
drying up, nothing could be further from the truth. There’s still a high demand
for goods and services produced in renewable industries.
While there is absolutely a few bad apples in the
green energy market, sustainable energy is still the way to go to break our
addiction on non-renewable fuel sources.
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