In the USA, - Strategic Petroleum Reserve - LIHEAP - exemption for farm vehicles on fuel See more: http://www.forbes.com/sites/energysource/2012/04/25/the-su

In the USA, - Strategic Petroleum Reserve - LIHEAP - exemption for farm vehicles on fuel See more: http://www.forbes.com/sites/energysource/2012/04/25/the-surprising-reason-that-oil-subsidies-persist-even-liberals-love-them/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/energysource/2012/04/25/the-surp... Some people construe foreign military adventures such as Iraq 1991 and Iraq 2003 as oil subsidies. Without those, oil markets would be less stable, and consequently oil would be much less attractive as a fuel.