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Tom,<BR> <BR>Why should this information be such a shock to you. As you well know, to get a government grant, you "have to know somebody in the government".<BR> <BR>This is true of gasification, medical research, solar energy......you name it. We suffer from the fact that "we (small scale researchers) don't know anybody".<BR> <BR>There's no surprise here for me.<br><br>Art Krenzel, P.E.<br>PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES<br>10505 NE 285th Street<br>Battle Ground, WA 98604<br> <br><font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></font><br><BR><font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS"></font><font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS"><div class="ecxuser_signature"></font><br> </div><BR><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> To: gasification@lists.bioenergylists.org<br>> From: linvent@aol.com<br>> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:19:53 -0400<br>> Subject: [Gasification] DOE's political agenda<br>> <br>> Dear all,<br>> If you wonder why DOE isn't more supportive of gasification <br>> outside of the well connected, below is one excerpt from a journalist:<br>> <br>> Following the publication of my column on Governor Richardson and Crony <br>> Capitalism, I was connected with Christine Lakatos--a researcher who'd <br>> continued digging long after her research contract was up. She had <br>> three-year's worth of research on all of the DOE green-energy loan <br>> recipients and their connections to the administration and/or other <br>> high-ranking Democrats with no way to get it out to the greater public. <br>> Surprise! More than 80% of the loans have direct connections--and, <br>> chances are, the other 15-20% do, too (albeit more guarded or hidden). <br>> Christine and I are collaborating to release a column a week between <br>> now and the election to expose the scandal.<br>> <br>> Sincerely,<br>> Leland T. "Tom" Taylor<br>> Thermogenics Inc. <br></div> </div></body>
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