Since this new company has to compete with fossil fuel-based energy sources, Dr. Chu arranges things in the private sector so that fossil fuel will climb in price to the point where the company that he's invested your money in...oh, let's just pick a name at random that sounds sort of high-tech, like, say, Solyndra...looks a lot cheaper than using coal, oil, or natural gas. So today your government picks the company, funds the company, and then passes laws, or creates regulations that tilt the playing field in such as way as to make their chosen company competitive.  And they still can't make it work.  With all those advantages, our brilliant bureaucrats still can't get it right.  Is there anyone here who thinks we should keep right on doing the same thing after January 20 next year? Now, what else are you going to lose if you vote for me this November?  You're no longer going to have government doing things for you. Government cannot do things for you.  Government is only good at doing things to you.  And if I am elected, we're going to stop doing things to you. Jim Yardley is a retired financial controller for a variety of manufacturing firms, a Vietnam veteran, and an independent voter.  He is absolutely not running for anything.  Jim blogs at jimyardley.wordpress.com , or he can be contacted directly at james.v.yardley@gmail.com .