now the parent company ener 1 filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.ublican lawmakers call it the latest example of the taxpayers losing on the administration's green energy experiment. >> this is a jobs program, you know, according to the president, that is costing taxpayers millions of dollars and is wasted money. in a time when we have $16 trillion in debt, over 8% unemployment. we've got to have programs that make sense. >> a year ago, the vice president was highlighting ener dell as the obama administration goal to put 1 million advanced technology vehicles on road by 2015. mr. biden confused the name with another ill-fated energy company. >> we believe americans are ready to embrace that transition. you folks, you folks standing right here on this floor, enron 1, are on the ground floor of that transformation. >> ener 1 bankruptcy comes after the failure of two other government backed renewable companies. solar panel maker solyndra received $535 million in loan guarantees and filed chapter 11 in september. energy storage company beacon power rece

this time, it's electric car battery maker, ener 1 is filing for chapter 11 after the administrationanded it a 118 million dollar grant. and still, the president keeps pushing the green. >> i will not walk away from the promise of clean energy, we've got to think about the future and not backwards from the past. invest in solar, wind and fuel. >> and the government support is critical in helping new energy ideas off the ground. >> leading on this issue is the right thing to do. >> toby, you say how many more losers does the government have to pick before they get out of private-- >> of course, it's not ener 1, we're at number three here, a long list of trying to pick winners and losers and the government couldn't do that well because frankly, nobody has been in the the businesses. what they're good at doing, how about military r and d. and businesses supporting the infrastructure. they've proven they can't do it and six more to blow up in the next year. >> david, outside of that. outside of like nasa and defense, where does the government belong? >> well, that, that's the point, i'm

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what if ener 1 had another obama backer -- >> dana: i wouldn't be surprised.ple investing in that world are friendly and talk to one another, colleagues. like people in other industries grow up through the energies together. they're willing to help each other when it comes to this. i think they believe it. it's not necessarily bad to chase a unicorn. especially if you use taxpayer dollars to do it. the problem is if they want to do it on their own, do it. >> greg: government funded entrepreneurship doesn't work because it's somebody else's money. but more important under the assumption that electric cars are better than other cars. where does the electricity come from? it comes from coal. in some cases, some studies show that it can produce more pollution than internal combustion engines. so the reason for the stupid little cars is a lie. >> bob: wait a second. king let you get away with that. do you know government investment in the defense department that got us the internet. space program that we spent $1 trillion and they got us all kind of new industries

now this time it is called ener-1. parent company of a electric car balterry maker. electric car battery sales are not so hot. they received a $118 million grant in 2009. last year vice president biden praised company touring the facility. >> everyone is catching on, folks. the industry is transforming itself. we believe americans are ready to embrace that transition. and you folks, you folks standing her on the floor, ener-1 are on the ground floor of the transformation. martha: enron-1. sorry about that. oops. bill, help me --. bill: fox business network stuart varney --. martha: stuart, i'm so sorry. good to have you here today. obviously he made a little blooper there, calling it enron. he later called it ener-1 the right name of the company but raised a parallel unfortunate for the company. >> this was embarassment for vice president biden. not just getting name wrong but promoting a company which got government money that went bankrupt within a year. it is big disappointment for president obama's green energy policy. as you said there, martha. ener1 makes batte

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release the spending plan including shifting teacher pension costs and reducing tax exemptions for high eners. >> reporter: charley, governor o'malley is looking to cover the budget shortfall and will release the spending plan today in annapolis. he will shift teacher pension cost to marled counties. maryland is one of the -- marled counties. maryland is one of the -- maryland counties maryland is one of the few states that picks up the entire teacher pension costch the governor wants a 50-50 split with the counties save the state $225 million. another part of the plan, people who earn more than 100,000 dollars and couples that make more than 150,000 dollars would be limited to smaller personal exemptions for themselves and families. they would also face caps on personal deductions. law makers say the post income tax changes and collecting sales tax on internet purchases would raise more than 300 million dollars. this would cover about a third of the state's 1 billion dollar shortfall. democratic leaders support the governor's budget. sherrie johnson. >>> there's fight in baltimore county ove

. >>> a new report card on solar ener energy ranks san jose at number three. experts say while the numbers are impressive, solar power fills just a fraction of the state's energy needs. they say that they don't consider the toxic emissions created by manufacturing these solar panels but supporters say it's important to take a look at the long-term effects. >> solar panels create pollution-free electricity and whatever energy went into manufacturing the solar panel, it will last 30 years and within two years it has paid for itself. >> and she adds that for every mega watt solar power installed, jobs are created seven times more than in the fossil fuel industry. >> >>> let's bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. what happened? >> i know. i was taking so many pictures of the sun today, tweeting and facebooking them. ah, my neck. all right. so maybe all this great weather had you taking some photos today. we definitely did have widespread sunshine from the north side to the south bay. 5 to 10 degrees above average, even a few degrees shy with santa rosa a

there's broad-based strength in ener energy. i was at a plant in north carolina this week, which is building staem and gas turbines and generators, and for exports. they're doing that because they see in the basic fundamentals the proximity of the united states even with all our challenges pretty compelling, competitive vantage relative to where else they produce. if you look at the basic health of the american business sector, it's much stronger than i think anybody would have thought at the peak of our crisis. sgrool while business profitability is up, productivity is up, unemployment still remains a huge challenge. many businesses have become more prukive because they've taken costs out of the system. they've managed very efficiently. the biggest determiner of how fast we grow now is going to depend on the two fundamental factors. one is what happens in the world. meaning in europe and in the gulf, and because of oil. congress decides they want to legislation things good for growth in the short-term, so we think the right eco

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