Will a Failed Solar Loan Guarantee Help Kill New Nukes?  Oct 3,
2011  Will a Failed Solar Loan Guarantee Help Kill New Nukes?
If that happens, there will be no more commercial reactors built
in the United States.  Unlike solar power, atomic energy cannot
attract private capital. So if the GOP succeeds in dragging down
the entire federal energy loan program, the "Nuclear
Renaissance" could be definitively done.  The Solyndra story is
complex, and full of opportunity---for the Chinese. The Bush-era
loan didn't add up from the start. Though it was for a solar
company involved in cutting-edge technology, there was much
reason to question the corporate numbers.  Numerous other loans
for Solartopian technologies have succeeded admirably. No matter
what Tea Party Republicans may wish, the future of the world's
energy is with the sun, wind, tides, waves, sustainable bio-
fuels, efficiency, conservation, and the like. Mother Earth
demands that our power come in harmony with her. All other
sources, including coal, oil