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Saturday, October 10th, 2015

The U.S. needs a solar energy revolution. But it’s laying off solar energy researchers

Author:     Chelsea Harvey
Source:     The Washington Post
Publication Date:     October 8 2015
 Link: The U.S. needs a solar energy revolution. But it’s laying off solar energy researchers
Stephan:   This is a story of the insanity of Republican Congressional politics. The Right has engineered deep cuts into research and long term exploration of solar technologies. The market is supposed to replace this government funded research, but of course it does not, as it never does, because the future is only potentially profitable. As a result, as in genetics ignorance and ideology have crippled America. It is amazing to watch this happen. This report tells the story.
SolarCity Corp. employees install solar panels on the roof of a home in Kendall Park, N.J. Credit: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

SolarCity Corp. employees install solar panels on the roof of a home in Kendall Park, N.J.
Credit: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

On Monday, Oct. 5, Stuart Farrell had planned to take the morning off from his job as a researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colo., after being awake all night taking care of his sick 2-year-old son. But at 10:30 a.m., he received a call asking him to come in for an 11:30 meeting.

“I woke up, got myself as awake as possible, and came into work,” Farrell said. “My manager and I went to a meeting with the person above him, and they told me that I was let go. And I had the rest of that day to pack up my stuff and leave.”Farrell, who had worked in solar energy research at the laboratory for two and a […]

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1 Comment

  1. Rev. Dean on Saturday, October 10, 2015 at 7:13 am

    If our politicians were not such fools, we would get the oversees basses closed, bring the troops home, and concentrate on solar and wind projects. Doesn’t anyone read about the dangers we now face because of the “military-industrial-congressional-complex” fallacies?