This case has much more to do
This case has much more to do with politics than energy. It was kind of an expensive trip for the president to make a speech.... Beyond the corruption that might be involved in this case, there is a bigger issue. When I invest in stocks some go up, and some go down. So far, none have gone broke, but it could happen. That's the risk in the marketplace that I take as an investor. Maybe someone can help me, but I can't find where in the constitution it says that the role of the federal government is to borrow money (mainly from China) to guarentee a loan that no investor or bank was willing to make because it was too risky. And of course, the market was right once again.

We will experience more
We will experience more issues, maybe even more significant, as we move down the road with "green" product development. No one should anticipate that every new idea, potential solution or start-up business will be a roaring success. That hasn't, doesen't and probably never will be the case. It is unfortunate that the Solyndra loss was so monetarily significant, gained so much publicity and was and is being used as a political football. Let's support our continuing efforts for great solutions and innovation that has made our country the greatest in the world, and let's stop publicizing and politicizing the flawed efforts to improve the lives of our friends and neighbors. Our best efforts and energy should be used to make more steps forward than backward so that we continue to show progress toward making our world a better place to live.