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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (36452)	8/21/2009 1:55:44 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

"Per unit of energy produced the subsidies for fossil fuels are dwarfed by the subsidies for wind and solar." Do not conflate two, (or three, or four...), different things. No one said ANYTHING about "solar" --- the discussion was wind. If the subsidies to solar and wind are both much more per unit of energy than oil, gas, or conventional coal, then the subsidies for wind alone are also more. Mentioning a 2nd thing that's more doesn't make the first thing less. based on a COMMON FACTOR that would allow cross comparisons Federal Taxpayer Subsidies as a Percent of Total Spending (on each particular form of energy) Oil and gas 0.5% Coal 6.9% <which is mostly on "refined coal", which at the moment produces fairly little energy, conventional coal isn't heavily subsidized> Hydroelectric 0.5% Biomass 0.4% Geothermal 0.5% Wind 11.6% Solar 12.3%