System Builder Marathon, Sept. 2011: System Value Compared
System Builder Marathon, September 2011: The Articles
Here are links to each of the four articles in this month’s System Builder Marathon (we’ll update them as each story is published). And remember, these systems are all being given away at the end of the marathon.
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The Necessity of Funding Failure
Joe Nocera had an excellent column in the Times on the pseudo-scandal of Solyndra, the failed solar panel manufacturer that received a $535 million federally guaranteed loan. He notes that, while the Obama Administration may have fast-tracked the deal for political reasons, it’s counterproductive to claim a scandal just because an innovative young company has failed, for many of these companies are bound to fail. Here’s Nocera:
If we could just stop playing gotcha for a second, we might realize that federal loan programs — especially loans for innovative energy technologies — virtually req...