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CO: Secret energy lab spawns million dollar govt employee

CO: Secret energy lab spawns million dollar govt employee | Gold and What Moves it. | Scoop.it
From watchdog.org - February 23, 9:36 PM

GOLDEN, Colo. – The federal government’s dream of a renewable energy empire hinges on a scrubby outpost here, where scientists and executives doggedly explore a National Renewable Energy Laboratory campus

new frontier.

 

If you live outside Colorado, you probably haven’t heard of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory – NREL for short. It’s the place where solar panels, windmills and corn are deemed the energy source of the future and companies who support such endeavors are courted.

 

It’s also the place where highly paid staff decide how to spend hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars.

 

And the public pays those decision-makers well:  NREL’s top executive, Dr. Dan Arvizu, makes close to a million dollars per year. His two top lieutenants rake in more than half a million each and nine others make more than $350,000 a year. ...

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A China Gold bar that rusts

From www.bullionstreet.com - January 16, 1:30 PM
A gold bar sold by China's state-controlled China National Gold Group showed signs of rust.

 

BEIJING(BullionStreet): A gold bar sold by China's state-controlled China National Gold Group showed signs of rusting, reports Beijing Times.

 

According to the tabloid, In October 2010, a man identified only by his surname, Shen, purchased what he believed to be pure gold product manufactured by China National Gold from a Beijing department store for 14,900 yuan ($2,400).

 

The bar was stored in a bank safe until Dec. 18, when Shen noticed that it had developed red spots and what appeared to be rust corrosion on the base. As the most non-reactive of all metals, gold should never rust unless it has been mixed with other metals or has been contaminated with additives.

 

On Dec. 24, Shen took the gold back to the store and was offered a refund once staff verified that it was the same item he originally purchased.

 

Shen refused, saying that all he wanted was an explanation. ...

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LOL China not minting pure gold? LOL go figure.

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