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Exclusive: DOE corruption—appointed and elected officials should face prison time

cal652 Wrote: Nov 25, 2012 1:16 PM

The president said everyone should play by the same rules. He didn't say he meant Chicago rules. One thing I learned from 35 years in R&D is that PhD's make poor managers and should never be put in charge of anything beyond their narrow area of expertise. Smart, hardworking, but lousy managers.

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Exclusive: DOE corruption—appointed and elected officials should face prison time

An exhaustive review of 350+ pages of leaked emails regarding the Obama administration’s handling of the various green-energy loan and grant programs makes several things very clear: they lied, engaged in favoritism, and rushed application approvals to suit the political agenda of the White House. At the same time, worthy projects that went through a complete due diligence process were denied or ultimately withdrawn, as the lengthy approval process “taxed investors’ patience”—as was the case with Aptera Motors, which worked closely with the DOE for two years.

Paul Wilbur, President and CEO at Aptera, didn’t think they...