Mitt Romney's Clean Tech Lies Infuriate Environmental Community, Green Energy Industry

[hatrack]

The Obama campaign has accused Republican challenger Mitt Romney of repeated dishonesty during Wednesday's presidential debate, which has been widely hailed as a victory for the GOP candidate.

Accusing Romney of a performance which "was devoid of honesty" and not "rooted in fact", senior Democrats highlighted how Romney denied the existence of his well-established plans to push through $5tr of tax cuts.

They also said he used discredited figures to suggest half of the clean tech companies supported through President Obama's loan guarantee programme had failed.

Green campaigners responded angrily to Romney's accusation, arguing that despite the high profile collapse of government-backed solar company Solyndra, official figures show that the failure rate for recipients of clean energy loan guarantees stood at 1.4 per cent at the end of 2011. The Romney campaign subsequently admitted its candidate had got the figures wrong, but green groups remain furious at the use of misinformation about the success of the government's programme.

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http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2215047/greens-slam-romney-over-clean-tech-lies?WT.rss_f=Home&WT.rss_a=Greens+slam+Romney+over+clean+tech+%27lies%27

[Angry Dragon]

1. But Willard likes clean coal

Now if he only could find some so he could show us what it looks like

[Politicalboi]

2. Unfortunately, Obama likes

Clean coal too. There is no such thing as clean coal. And fracking has got to STOP ASAP. But again Obama is for fracking.

[FirstLight]

3. More, please!

...and LOUDER!!!


I am in no way up to speed on the details of our Green Energy Market...but even *I* knew that Mitt was full of SHIT in his energy stance...

and WTF, "I like coal" fuck him...

those are the words of someone who hasn't even given Climate Change a passing thought.

[Iggy]

4. TOTAL Loss of Teachable Moment at the Debate by Obama

Rmoney stated this at least three times:

"You spent $90 BIL on incentives for green industries in one year". (I think the factcheck reveals it was
over a period of three years.)

Obama's response: crickets.....

Why was that, I wonder?

Why did Obama not explain how important these incentives are-- to help our green/alternative energy industry
get a foothold and survive.. and the payback for we the taxpaying citizens is 1,000's of new jobs in these
industries- over the net ten years... AND; hellooooooo? Climate change?

when you've got the attention of around 60 million people, you have to take advantage and educate them.
Obama did not do this-- I think I know why.. anyone want to take a guess here?

[wtmusic]

5. IMO Obama thought Mitts was going to be a pushover.

You have to hand it to Republicans, they can be tenacious devils. Gotta come prepared.

[Iggy]

6. Not Sure What Obama Was Thinking

here.. I suspect the silence on this is about political expediency, i.e.: Solyndra.

he didn't want Willard pointing to that and stating FAIL: because that's what it was. but the point remains
we have to have incentives in order to compete with Chinese-subsidized companies like Suntech, which
are kicking our ass.

Suntech solar panels were installed at a large solar project at Edwards Air Force base in CA