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Mark Maker (168 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 05:52 PM Original message |
Evergreen Solar to close new plant at Devens |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't see how Evergreen thought they would be any different then |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. get used to it.... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. We can't convert without subsidies like Germany did. nt |
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molly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. 100 arrests for carbon credit fraud in Europe emanating from |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. Da bomb! |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. So, are we getting solar energy from China? |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 09:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Solar panels, |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 07:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
26. No one said any thing when China decided to flood the market |
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timo (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. an EXACT accounting |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
7. How much are we spending in Afghanistan and Iraq a day? |
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bluedigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. $58 million is nothing. |
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CRH (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 07:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Right, and this administration has made little progress, ... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. +1. Well said. nt |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
9. We should seize the plant by eminent domain and let the workers run it. n/t |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. +1000 |
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naaman fletcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. And then? |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 11:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. I see that argument, but aren't the taxpayers out for decades with property taxes for this? |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 12:27 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. "China is fully justified in forcing some payment on the debt before it's due" |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 08:52 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Somebody is forgetting some history. |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 07:58 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Who is paying it now? Probably the state or federal government |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. +1 Well said!.... ...... ....n/t |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 08:39 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Who says that's what would happen? n/t |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #19 |
34. 4. Profit! |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
10. wtf? It's cheaper to outsource the manufacturing and ship the |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 07:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Labor is a part of it, but not the only part |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. In the ballpark, but still a miss |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 11:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. True dat |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 05:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
38. The Chinese worker doesn't have TV, cellphones, 2 cars, a house, designer yogurt, and a diet plan. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
41. Chinese companies can dump industrial waste where they want |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
15. CEO got abut $480K in addition to salary in 2010 |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 03:03 AM Response to Reply #15 |
37. Shameful. |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I did a bit more reading - one of his goals was |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
17. Devens was my old Army base. USASA Training Center |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
21. "the (Chinese) government has offered solar companies generous subsidies to locate there." |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
22. Or are they being douchy because their free ride was going to end? |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
31. New manufacturing industries are going to get us nowhere unless we make sure the jobs stay here. |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Here's a success story. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I could be wrong, but I'm sure the "about us" and other press releases announcing the partnership |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
35. same thing happened in PA with Wind Power |
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Change Happens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
36. I own shares of this company, the stock is down again today... |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
40. without taxation and redoing our trade pacts |
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