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> distributed energy production from subsidised solar would be much cheaper as well as environmentally reasonable How can you claim that energy production subs
by Udik 9y ago
> distributed energy production from subsidised solar would be much cheaper as well as environmentally reasonable
How can you claim that energy production subsidised with public money is cheaper than the same energy produced with no subsidies? The Chinese government could spend the money saved from solar subsidies in unemployment salaries or hospitals and free health care.
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- rainbowmverse 9y agoWhat energy source is unsubsidized? It's definitely not fossil fuels.
- melling 9y agoThis comment is often made without providing any detail. Can you provide some numbers, with references, for more discussion?
- rainbowmverse 9y agoFor the US: https://www.eia.gov/analysis/requests/subsidy/ https://www.eia.gov/analysis/requests/subsidy/ The numbers are a bit out of date. All I could find other than that is a reference to a study in 2015 on Wikipedia, but it links to a page that's missing the data the reference was pointing to. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_subsidies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_subsidies
- Udik 9y agoIt's a long and complicated document, but from a quick scan it seems that most of the subsidies listed are directed towards either renewable energies and alternative fuels (ethanol, alcohol) or the distribution grid, so proportionally equal for all sources.