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DENVER An eerie quiet has settled over the Walker Components plant, which assembles custom cables for a global wind turbine company. Orders are down from earlier in the year and one-third of its employees have been laid off this year.
The wind energy boom President Barack Obama touted as key to his energy strategy has hit a wall in an election-year dispute over taxpayer support for renewable energy.
The green bubble is starting to fall apart. "How much longer can we fund things that are not cost-competitive?"
Another Obama flop- but lets move forward .![$3562723908.gif $3562723908.gif](https://www.usmessageboard.com/data/attachments/15/15487-0177bbc68177587bd905791fc00d3a3d.jpg)
DENVER An eerie quiet has settled over the Walker Components plant, which assembles custom cables for a global wind turbine company. Orders are down from earlier in the year and one-third of its employees have been laid off this year.
The wind energy boom President Barack Obama touted as key to his energy strategy has hit a wall in an election-year dispute over taxpayer support for renewable energy.
The green bubble is starting to fall apart. "How much longer can we fund things that are not cost-competitive?"
Another Obama flop- but lets move forward .
![$3562723908.gif $3562723908.gif](https://www.usmessageboard.com/data/attachments/15/15487-0177bbc68177587bd905791fc00d3a3d.jpg)