A. G. Gelbert
December 10, 2014
I must say that absolutely ANY comment that focuses on the alleged LACK of cost effectiveness of PV, CSP or the latest CPV type technology when compared to the horrendously costly fossil fuels and nuclear power is the height of hypocrisy.
Where are all these "concerned citizens" so upset about wasted taxpayer money when this kind of money is HANDED out as a so called loan?
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Department of Energy Issues Final $12.5 Billion Advanced Nuclear Energy Loan Guarantee Solicitation December 10, 2014 - 9:01am UNQUOTE
http://energy.gov/articles/department-energy-issues-final-125-billion-advanced-nuclear-energy-loan-guarantee WHERE are those claiming the U.S. Government should not be picking winners and losers in future applications of technology when the Chief Scientist of British Petroleum gets named to THE key position in the USA for determining what technology will get the lion's share of we-the-people's money?
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WASHINGTON – Dr. Ellen Williams was confirmed by the United States Senate on Monday, December 8, 2014 as the Director of the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E). UNQUOTE
How believable is our government's "All the Above" statement about developing competing efficient energy technologies that will favor Renewable Energy in the light of billion dollar "loans" for nuclear power?
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“With $40 billion of loan guarantee authority available to advance our all-of-the-above energy strategy...
Authorized by Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Advanced Nuclear Energy Projects Solicitation would provide loan guarantees to support the construction of innovative nuclear energy and front-end nuclear projects in the U.S. that reduce, avoid, or sequester greenhouse gas emissions.
While any project that meets the eligibility requirements may apply, the Department has identified four key technology areas of interest in the solicitation: advanced nuclear reactors, small modular reactors, uprates and upgrades at existing facilities, and front-end nuclear projects. UNQUOTE
How believable is our government's "All the Above" statement about developing competing efficient energy technologies that will favor Renewable Energy in the light of the naming of a fossil fuel fossil to spearhead advanced energy technology?
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“ARPA-E is central to the Department’s advancement of energy technology innovation, and Ellen Williams will provide outstanding leadership based upon her combination of world class research in condensed matter physics and insight into how technology impacts the energy marketplace,” said Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz. UNQUOTE
Is the above statement by Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz believable? NO! Why? Because Dr, Ellen Williams was at the helm of BP when the Gulf of Mexico oil well disaster occurred. As chief scientist she was in the key position to know exactly what was happening and had the knowledge with a doctorate in Chemistry to force BP to prevent all the ensuing damage from hydrocarbons and VOCs.
We know she did next to nothing. Was she coerced to keep quiet? We will never know. She has not said.
And THAT is the kind of "leader" which kowtows for fossil fuels, even in the face of massive pollution, that we have in charge of the "all the above" disingenuous US Government policy claiming to be even handed with Renewable Energy.
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Prior to joining the Department, Dr. Williams was the Chief Scientist for BP, a position she has held since 2010. UNQUOTE
NOTE: The Oil Spill by the Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon" in Gulf of Mexico BEGAN on April 20, 2010 and lasted for several months.
The lack of dollars and sense perspective and common sense cost benefit analysis of the critics of Renewable Energy when compared to fossil fuels and Nuclear power, particularly in view of the FACT that the U.S. Government continues its over half century of choosing nuclear power and fossil fuels as the winners by throwing billions of taxpayer money at them while making comparatively tiny, token investments in Renewable Energy, is breathtaking, deplorable and despicably mendacious.
I urge the editors of Renewable Energy World to monitor as closely as possible the actions of Dr. Ellen Williams as the Director of the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E).
This is a sad day for Renewable Energy in America.
I firmly believe she is a dirty energy status quo defender masquerading as a "new energy technologies" advocate.
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