CEI Fellow Bill Frezza appeared on The C4 Show on WBAL Baltimore on November 23, 2011 to discuss the failure of Solyndra and other renewable energy firms. Bill pointed out that there's a huge difference between venture capitalists risking their own money on new energy ideas, and the government risking the taxpayers' money.
Bill recently wrote a piece for Forbes on this topic: http://www.forbes.com/sites/billfrezza/2011/11/22/alternative-energys-alternate-reality/

The C4 Show: http://www.wbal.com/shows/c4/