05/15/2012
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"This throws innovation out the window, and it replaces it with a static list of winners who happen to submit applications by the end of 2011."
"It is a tool that is used in extremis."
"If someone develops a new technology this year that dramatically reduces the cost of solar or wind or geothermal power and they submit a new application, can DOE award them a loan guarantee under this..."
"This program was created to support innovative energy technologies. That is its whole purpose."