Big Day for NREL
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I am sure that all have heard about the magical increased budget for NREL that coincided with the visit of our illustrious President. A couple of thoughts for you:
-Apparently the money reallocated to NREL is enough to re-employ the fired employees, but it is not the whole amount that was cut. It was my understanding that the decreased money also cut funds to some projects. It seems logical that the fired people and the cut projects would be connected and so now we have funds for the people but not the projects, right? So what are these people going to be doing if there aren't funds for their projects?
-Is this setting a precedent for reversing budget cuts to improve the public image of the Prez on his visits? If so, maybe we should have him out here more often.
-Apparently the money reallocated to NREL is enough to re-employ the fired employees, but it is not the whole amount that was cut. It was my understanding that the decreased money also cut funds to some projects. It seems logical that the fired people and the cut projects would be connected and so now we have funds for the people but not the projects, right? So what are these people going to be doing if there aren't funds for their projects?
-Is this setting a precedent for reversing budget cuts to improve the public image of the Prez on his visits? If so, maybe we should have him out here more often.
Hopefully this is not just PR, but will be a serious effort by the administration to--finally, put the proper emphasis on alternative energy research and development so that serious progress can be made on a long term basis--not just for show and tell.