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Politics : American Presidential Politics and foreign affairs
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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (46528)10/15/2010 9:59:06 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 71588
 
I'm not surprised, but your doubt doesn't change the fact that its true.

Subsidies and Support per Unit of Production (dollars/megawatthour)


Natural Gas and 
Petroleum Liquids  0.25
Coal               0.44
Hydroelectric 	   0.67
Biomass            0.89
Geothermal         0.92
Nuclear            1.59
Wind              23.37
Solar             24.34
Refined Coal      29.81


from
tonto.eia.doe.gov

"Refined Coal" is the so called "clean coal". Its the most subsidized per unit of energy production, but solar, and wind are close, and everything else is much less.
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