A Cappy Cap Bounty

In my sincere and continued belief that the majority of liberals, leftists and socialists truly do not know the difference between a million, a billion and a trillion, I have a question:

Was any kind of preliminary assessment conducted to ascertain the potential size and impact of the theoretical "green economy" before we threw billions in taxpayer money into it?

Oh, I know, I know.  We all here at Cappy Cap know if the government throws money at it, it's by definition of free-markets not going to be efficient. I'm just practicing arguing with a handicap and using premises that the left uses to undermine their own arguments or highlight their galactic stupidity.  It's akin to Rush saying "arguing with half my brain tied behind my back."    But my question still remains

Did ANYBODY do ANY KIND of economic research to see if this green economy was economically viable?

The reason I ask is because I truly don't believe there was any, but the "green economy," far as I could tell in the past four years, was supposed to be the answer to all of our economic problems.

Housing bubble burst? 

Don't worry, with new investments in the "green economy" America will lead the world into new greatness.

Financial crisis destroyed the economy?

Don't worry, with new investments in the "green economy" America will lead the world to new greatness.

Government spending has now scared the economy into freezing, if not sending capital flighting?

Don't worry, with new investments in the "green economy" America will lead the world to new greatness.

So by implication if the "green economy" was supposed to be able to overcome all of these problems, then at least, AT LEAST the theoretical size of this "green economy" had to be estimated at over $ 1 trillion. 

So where are the numbers?  I want to see some research done by economists in the Obama administration that showed they did their due diligence and had solid numbers showing the "green economy" was the solution before they threw billions into the likes of Solyndra and shut down the Keystone pipeline.

Heck, I'll offer a bounty.  I'll buy somebody a shot of Rumpie if they can show me research DONE BY A LEGITIMATE ECONOMIST THAT SHOWED THE POTENTIAL FOR THE GREEN ECONOMY WAS GAUGED TO BE LARGE ENOUGH TO WARRANT PURSUIT IN TERMS OF FISCAL AND REGULATORY POLICY.

I'm waiting!