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> federal subsidies have provided wind and solar developers with as much as $24 billion from 2008 to 2014, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. -- http:/
by nickysielicki 11y ago
> federal subsidies have provided wind and solar developers with as much as $24 billion from 2008 to 2014, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
-- http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-05/say-goodbye-to-solar-power-subsidies http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-05/say-goodby...
Absolutely ridiculous. Can you imagine if we spent $4BN annually on nuclear energy and public outreach on how it isn't dangerous?
Yet another case where leftists would rather feel good than do good.
- megablast 11y agoWe did. We do.
- nickysielicki 11y ago> We did. We do. What a completely useless response. Why even bother commenting? Four words? Since you can't be bothered to come up with a source, see pages 3-10 of the following document from the Congressional Budget Office. [1] Renewables get the large majority of the cash, and nuclear isn't even close. [1]: http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/03-12-EnergyTechnologies.pdf http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/...
- forgetsusername 11y agoYou're ruining the narrative.
- mikeyouse 11y agoWell it's going to cost over $150 Billion to clean up the Hanford Nuclear Site, so shouldn't that be considered as government support of nuclear power?
- nickysielicki 11y agoTo be honest, that's a very fair point and figuratively speaking, a kill-shot. I might be right that solar subsidies are never going to pay off, but at least we can be sure it's not going to suddenly fail, foot us with a bill for the clean-up, and poison innocent people.