off its government loan nine years early? apparently, when you create one of the best cars ever made, drivers will actually demand it. and with the first run of 23,000 model-s cars immediately sold out, the company s stock skyrocketed. tesla quickly sold some shares, and immediately wired the money raised in the market straight to the department of energy. this was followed by elan musk announcing last night that tesla will be tripling its number of recharge stations by the end of june. some republicans have been quick to declare tesla s success as little more than a stroke of luck for the government, turning their attention back to solyndra, a failed solar panel company, given a $535 million loan under the obama administration, just a slightly larger loan than what tesla received. no matter what solyndra s loan program followed in the
company given a $535 million loan under the obama administration, just a slightly larger loan than what tesla received. no matter what solyndra s loan program followed in the footsteps of the advanced technology vehicles manufacturing loan program, it followed in that legislation passed by republican-controlled congress, which was signed into law by none other than george w. bush. that s the program solyndra was using. so essentially, then, the republican argument against clean energy loan programs is, if any if any of the investments ever fail, then the entire program is a failure. now, to the investor out there who has never made a losing investment, i salute you andim implore you to let me, the government and the whole rest of the world in on your secrets. yes, some investments succeed, and some investments fail. the most successful investor in history, warren buffett, has made investments that failed.
guarantees through this program and fisker was in that. three were and you have a got that solyndra debacle, 535 million dollars down the drain. greta: this is a deal, this is only 192 million. i guess we re getting off easy. the government came in last may after a controversy and said we better hold off on this and take a harder look, never mind the funded fisker, al gore. this is a company that makes $100,000 hot rods for people like leo dicaprio, it s not the way to solve the energy crisis. it s more than that, if this is a good business deal, we had steve forbes on, i m sure he s always looking for good investments and everything, if the private capital doesn t want to invest in it, that might be a good sign to our energy department and all of our nonbusiness government people who seem to be so loosy goosy with our money that maybe it s not a good idea to invest in it.
companies have gotten loan guarantees through this program and fisker was in that. three were and you have a got that solyndra debacle, 535 million dollars down the drain. greta: this is a deal, this is only 192 million. i guess we re getting off easy. the government came in last may after a controversy and said we better hold off on this and take a harder look, never mind the funded fisker, al gore. this is a company that makes $100,000 hot rods for people like leo dicaprio, it s not the way to solve the energy crisis. it s more than that, if this is a good business deal, we had steve forbes on, i m sure he s always looking for good investments and everything, if the private capital doesn t want to invest in it, that might be a good sign to our energy department and all of our nonbusiness government people who seem to be so loosy goosy with our money that maybe it s not a good idea to invest in it.
and it is 51 after the hour. the solar company you gave millions to may soon be out of energy. they received $197 million loan guarantee from the obama administration. the company just announced an unspecified number of layoffs and it is struggling to stay afloat. the loan came from the same program that gave solyndra $535 million before it went bankrupt. when you find a person attractive it turns out it does go to your head. a new study says when you see someone you are attracted to your brain activity increases and scientists say hormones like adrenaline and dopamine are released in greater quantities when you see someone who you think is sexy. gallon smashing being called the newest viral video trend making some people laugh until they cry while others are crying over spilled milk. some are questioning whether