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To: KLP who wrote (443675)	8/31/2011 3:47:05 PM
From: Bill	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793914

If even smart people lose money in venture capital deals, how does the the damn government think it's going to succeed? Lawmakers who want to invest public money in such ventures should be forced to put their own personal money in the deal first.

To: KLP who wrote (443675)	8/31/2011 10:26:28 PM
From: DMaA	2 Recommendations Respond to of 793914

Here's what he said in May 2010 when he visited Solyndra. Here at this site, Solyndra expects to make enough solar panels each year to generate 500 megawatts of electricity. And over the lifetime of this expanded facility, that could be like replacing as many as eight coal-fired power plants. It’s also worth noting, to achieve this doubling of our share of solar capacity, we actually need to make four times as many solar panels, because other countries are adding capacity, too. Nobody in this race is standing still. whitehouse.gov