Was It Worth It? Part 2: Obama’s List of Failed Stimulus Investments

So, when you voted for Obama, you wanted four more years of this?

(List courtesy of FunkyPundit.  For a more comprehensive list, click here.)

• Stimulus recipient A123 … failed.
• Stimulus recipient Abound Solar … laid off 70 percent of its company.
• Stimulus recipient Abound Solar … failed.
• Stimulus recipient Amonix … faltering.
• Stimulus recipient Azure Dynamics … failed.
• Stimulus recipient Babcock and Brown … faltering.
• Stimulus recipient Beacon Power … failed.
• Stimulus recipient Brightsource … faltering.
• Stimulus recipient Chemical Power … faltering.
• Stimulus recipient Compact Power … furloughed workers.
• Stimulus recipient Eastern Energy … faltering.
• Stimulus recipient ECOtality … faltering.
• Stimulus recipient Ener1 … failed.
• Stimulus recipient Energy Conversion Devices … failed.

• Stimulus recipient Evergreen Solar … fails.
• Stimulus recipient First Solar … sold panels to itself.
• Stimulus recipient First Solar … slashed 2,000 jobs.
• Stimulus recipient First Solar … furloughed pay.
• Stimulus recipient Fisker Automotive … laid off lots of workers (its cars also get worse mileage than SUVs).
• Stimulus recipient Genesis Poly … failed (twice).
• Stimulus recipient Green Vehicles Inc. … failed.
• Stimulus recipient GreenVolts … faltering.
• Stimulus recipient Johnson Controls … faltering.
• Stimulus recipient LSP Energy Systems … failed.
• Stimulus recipient Mountain Plaza, Inc. … failed.
• Stimulus recipient National Renewable Energy Lab … faltering.
• Stimulus recipient Navistar … failed.
• Stimulus recipient Nevada Geothermal … faltering.
• Stimulus recipient Nordic Windpower … failed.
• Stimulus recipient NREL … laid off much of its workforce.
• Stimulus recipient Olsen’s Crop Service … failed.
• Stimulus recipient Range Fuels … failed.
• Stimulus recipient Raser Technologies … failed.
• Stimulus recipient Satcon … failed.
• Stimulus recipient Schneider Electric … faltering.
• Stimulus recipient Solar Trust for America … failed.
• Stimulus recipient Solyndra … failed.
• Stimulus recipient SpectraWatt … failed.
• Stimulus recipient Stirling Energy Systems … failed.
• Stimulus recipient Thompson River Power … failed.
• Stimulus recipient SunPower … failed.
• Stimulus recipient Tesla Motors … is failing.
• Stimulus recipient Thompson River Power … failed.
• Stimulus recipient Unisolar … failed.
• Stimulus recipient Vestas … faltering.
• Stimulus recipient Willard & Kelsey Solar Group … laid off 40 employees.
• Stimulus recipient Sappire Energy … failed.
• Stimulus recipient Cree … received $5.2 million and created 3.02 jobs.
• Stimulus recipient Seattle, Wash., was assured 2,000 jobs would be created. Actual result: 14 jobs.
• His stimulus bill actually destroyed 1 million jobs, according to one study.
• After touting China’s high-speed rail system as a model for America, that system announced its fighting corruption and insolvency.
• After touting China’s electric cars, they started being abandoned in favor of gas powered vehicles.

So… your vote for Obama… was it worth it?