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[quote user="YoHo1975"][quote user="Bucyrus"] To what extent are they subsidized?  [/quote] Every day, governments give away an estimated two billion dollars of taxpayer money to the fossil fuel industry. Most industrialised countries subsidise oil, coal and natural gas production to reduce the cost of finding and producing oil for oil companies. Countries in the developing world subsidise the cost of buying fuel to the public. Experts agree that both forms of subsidies encourage consumption of fossil fuels and thus increase the price of oil the petroleum industry "probably has larger tax incentives relative to its size than any other industry in the country", according to Donald Lubick, the U.S. Department of Treasury's former Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy Construction bonds at low interest rates or tax-free Research-and-development programs at low or no cost Assuming the legal risks of exploration and development in a company's stead Below-cost loans with lenient repayment conditions Income tax breaks, especially featuring obscure provisions in tax laws designed to receive little congressional oversight when they expire Sales tax breaks - taxes on petroleum products are lower than average sales tax rates for other goods Giving money to international financial institutions (the U.S. has given tens of billions of dollars to the World Bank and U.S. Export-Import Bank to encourage oil production internationally, according to Friends of the Earth) The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Construction and protection of the nation's highway system Why does a company like Exxonmobil need 1 dime of subsidy to do anything? [/quote]   When I say that wind energy is subsidized, and you counter above that the rest of the energy industry is also subsidized, what exactly are you concluding about the cost and viability of wind energy?
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