Tesla repays federal loan nearly 10 years early

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Its okay. It was funny what you wrote. I assume it was an auto correct.

I thought about making a joke that Nature Boy hacked your account. He's got a sense of humor.

That would have been hilarious.

[RGinWA 816]

So i ask you what article and you quote the preamble.. REALLY ?? OMG

Hey, I started to search and said f#ck it...so you got the preamble.

Besides, what's the difference; no post is gonna convert any of you. You need an exorcism, not facts.

[GandD 5,966]

Hey, I started to search and said f#ck it...

Been there...........

[GandD 5,966]

Here's a good read on all things internet. Good examples of its beginnings and of course, government funding all the way.

http://www.nathannewman.org/diss/chap2.html

It has been precisely the "big government" involvement in technology that has worked in symbiosis with entrepreneurial energy to create much of the technological and economic innovation of the last decades. By creating public domain systems and providing public domain technology, the federal government has helped avoid a world of purely proprietary technology dominated by monopolists that would have left little room for the entry of small startup companies or their associated innovation.

Edited May 23, 2013 by GandD

[RGinWA 816]

Been there...........

Einstein famously said the same thing his last day at the patent office. "scheiß drauf, i beenden!"

[RGinWA 816]

Here's a good read on all things internet. Good examples of its beginnings and of course, government funding all the way.

http://www.nathannewman.org/diss/chap2.html

That's really a concise article on the subject.

Great link...

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Were u trying to make admin look good or bad by the thread?

Neither. Just looking for a little balance. You RWNJs fall all over yourselves opening thread after thread when a tiny portion of an overall very successful government program doesn't produce the desired result. But you folks are all silent when it produces positive results. So I posted this positive result. And you people still trip all over yourselves virtually hurting to identify something that you don't like about this success story. I get it, you hate success. You hate progress and you hate this country getting back into the game of leading. That's on you, I can't help you with that.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

So really. what if they had sucked 50+ billion out of the economy,during a time when people were losing their homes and suffering, to fund big projects that failed?

Providing loan guarantees to business is sucking money out of the economy? Reading comprehension ain't the only thing you suck at, eh?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

So now u can compare correctly internet speed is not a company either. Internet speed is based on your ISP service which is pvt company.

Govt did not invest in the fiber or dsl lines they were done by pvt companies but u cannot grasp that.

lol...you're a riot. You can't even acknowledge the things that came about because of government investment - things which you use and benefit from. Who indoctrinated you into the Ayn Randian cult? An American co-worker?

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Hey, I started to search and said f#ck it...so you got the preamble.

Besides, what's the difference; no post is gonna convert any of you. You need an exorcism, not facts.

Let me translate that. -- I have nothing to back up my silly assertions, goodbye

Providing loan guarantees to business is sucking money out of the economy? Reading comprehension ain't the only thing you suck at, eh?

Here is a list of the failed or failing companies and how much it cost. Add it up.. It's Billions with a Big B. So where did that money come from ?? It appears your haughty presumed arrogance on my comprehension is a bit premature.

Perhaps we should have invested in man made dams like hoover. You really make this easy.

1. Evergreen Solar ($25 million)*
2. SpectraWatt ($500,000)*
3. Solyndra ($535 million)*
4. Beacon Power ($43 million)*
5. Nevada Geothermal ($98.5 million)
6. SunPower ($1.2 billion)
7. First Solar ($1.46 billion)
8. Babcock and Brown ($178 million)
9. EnerDel’s subsidiary Ener1 ($118.5 million)*
10. Amonix ($5.9 million)
11. Fisker Automotive ($529 million)
12. Abound Solar ($400 million)*
13. A123 Systems ($279 million)*
14. Willard and Kelsey Solar Group ($700,981)*
15. Johnson Controls ($299 million)
16. Brightsource ($1.6 billion)
17. ECOtality ($126.2 million)
18. Raser Technologies ($33 million)*
19. Energy Conversion Devices ($13.3 million)*
20. Mountain Plaza, Inc. ($2 million)*
21. Olsen’s Crop Service and Olsen’s Mills Acquisition Company ($10 million)*
22. Range Fuels ($80 million)*
23. Thompson River Power ($6.5 million)*
24. Stirling Energy Systems ($7 million)*
25. Azure Dynamics ($5.4 million)*
26. GreenVolts ($500,000)
27. Vestas ($50 million)
28. LG Chem’s subsidiary Compact Power ($151 million)
29. Nordic Windpower ($16 million)*
30. Navistar ($39 million)
31. Satcon ($3 million)*
32. Konarka Technologies Inc. ($20 million)*
33. Mascoma Corp. ($100 million)

Edited May 23, 2013 by The Nature Boy

[Karee 4,191]

Here's a good read on all things internet. Good examples of its beginnings and of course, government funding all the way.

http://www.nathannewman.org/diss/chap2.html

Nice source you have there. A union lawyer. That's 2 strikes against him.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Neither. Just looking for a little balance. You RWNJs fall all over yourselves opening thread after thread when a tiny portion of an overall very successful government program doesn't produce the desired result. But you folks are all silent when it produces positive results. So I posted this positive result. And you people still trip all over yourselves virtually hurting to identify something that you don't like about this success story. I get it, you hate success. You hate progress and you hate this country getting back into the game of leading. That's on you, I can't help you with that.

You posted one positive result. The mainstream Media has been wetting it's pants reporting it.

I gave you 30 that failed.. Government has a really sucking average, that would not last 10 seconds in the private sector.

You somehow admire Billions of wasted dollars to fat cat donors and cronies. Amazing.

[RGinWA 816]

Let me translate that. -- I have nothing to back up my silly assertions, goodbye

More like "I'm gonna show this guy...wait, I don't even care."

I know...total break in message board etiquette. But sometimes you gotta say f#ck it and move on.

It's like convincing the birthers of the truth, at some point you have to say "It's too late, he's already the President...put a sock in it?"

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Nice source you have there. A union lawyer. That's 2 strikes against him.

I thought Al Gore invented the Internet. I am confused

[GandD 5,966]

Nice source you have there. A union lawyer. That's 2 strikes against him.

Still it's hard to deny the capability of the government to provide technology, infrastructure, and regulations to create a spawning ground for private enterprise while helping itself. Highways and the internet helped commerce in the private sector on a massive scale. Plus the government now utilizes both to improve its overall functionality.