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>So was Enron, the company who was creating the future of energy. A future in which we produce and consume energy more sustainably. What in heavens name are yo

>So was Enron, the company who was creating the future of energy. A future in which we produce and consume energy more sustainably. What in heavens name are you talking about? Are you really claiming that Enron was in the business of replacing petroleum and natural gas with solar and wind energy?

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> "Enron Wind Systems, part of the Enron group, were manufacturers of wind turbines. The group was formed after the acquisition in January 1997 of Zond Corporation of California, the largest US developer of wind-powered electricity at the time. On May 10, 2002, following the Enron scandal, General Electric acquired the assets of Enron Wind Systems continuing and thriving as GE Wind Energy, after which the empty shell of Enron Wind ceased to exist." https://tethys.pnnl.gov/institution/enron-wind https://tethys.pnnl.gov/institution/enron-wind
somatic 7y ago
Who cares what Enron was in the business of? Who cares what Musk is in the business of? I admire Musk’s obvious engineering prowess (chiefly his ability to find and motivate top talent), and his showmanship, but let’s not pretend that by virtue of being on some holy crusade he’ll never need turn a profit. It would be great if some sizable fraction of the government budget were used for fabulous projects. Personally, I would like to see our entire economy made fully sustainable, and upon transitioning to the only practical sustainable energy source, nuclear, we will be able to wind down much of our military operations, excepting, of course, Afghanistan. But that isn’t the world we live in. Instead, we live in the world of two-thirds-of-every-tax-dollar-goes-to-the-healthcare-industry, and much-of-the-rest-to-defense-contractors, and hey-look-kiddies-don’t-you-want-a-literal-chip-in-your-brain (the disheveled homeless guy weeping softly in the corner; he tried to warn people but no one listened).

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> "Enron Wind Systems, part of the Enron group, were manufacturers of wind turbines. The group was formed after the acquisition in January 1997 of Zond Corporation of California, the largest US developer of wind-powered electricity at the time. On May 10, 2002, following the Enron scandal, General Electric acquired the assets of Enron Wind Systems continuing and thriving as GE Wind Energy, after which the empty shell of Enron Wind ceased to exist." https://tethys.pnnl.gov/institution/enron-wind https://tethys.pnnl.gov/institution/enron-wind

somatic 7y ago

Who cares what Enron was in the business of? Who cares what Musk is in the business of? I admire Musk’s obvious engineering prowess (chiefly his ability to find and motivate top talent), and his showmanship, but let’s not pretend that by virtue of being on some holy crusade he’ll never need turn a profit. It would be great if some sizable fraction of the government budget were used for fabulous projects. Personally, I would like to see our entire economy made fully sustainable, and upon transitioning to the only practical sustainable energy source, nuclear, we will be able to wind down much of our military operations, excepting, of course, Afghanistan. But that isn’t the world we live in. Instead, we live in the world of two-thirds-of-every-tax-dollar-goes-to-the-healthcare-industry, and much-of-the-rest-to-defense-contractors, and hey-look-kiddies-don’t-you-want-a-literal-chip-in-your-brain (the disheveled homeless guy weeping softly in the corner; he tried to warn people but no one listened).