There's a long list of Dept Of Energy and other government grants sending funding to promising CleanTech companies. The article's focus is on the funding of Fisker and whether/how VP Bidens people were involved with setting up the deal. This article is one of a wave of articles questioning whether "venture capitalist" is the right role for government. The principle may be that government venture capitalist activities interfere with the free market. However government loans and grants to businesses did not start with the Obama administration but has a long history.
