i actually support this

encouraging more innovation on the edges is helpful for places like buffalo and st. louis where there are ambitious young people without the means to move

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Do you honestly believe a peanut butter approach of grants will translate into long-term sustainable growth?

Applied at the right point doing a lot of work there :)

I’m extremely skeptical this money will be well-allocated vs. political favors.

Difference between government and market-based here is VC allocating poorly goes out of biz vs. government does not. No feedback loop.

I believe that a small amount of money applied at the right point can impact individuals lives

At the margin, $50-$75 million creates jobs that otherwise wouldn’t exist 

In SV it’s just another funding round

Purple != the government

Purple is opt in. Government via taxes is not. 

To be clear, if the state of Missouri or New York wants to spend their own money on a program like this, I don't really care. But since it's federal, I have a pov.

Market is taking care of this. (And yes there are some gov subsidies contributing.)

Market is taking care of this. (And yes there are some gov subsidies contributing.)

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/solar-pv-prices

tbqh I would love to see a very formalized sequence of energy grants that expand public solar farm capacity. that alone would invite more explorational energy consumption (e.g. FLOPs) & +EV for private speculation.

knowing how open-ended this is, I think the current approach is earnest about appearance, not max scale.