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Fair enough, but again... I'm in favor of subsidies for clean energy, but I'm also in favor of calling a spade a spade. Pretty much every subsidy nowadays has

Fair enough, but again... I'm in favor of subsidies for clean energy, but I'm also in favor of calling a spade a spade. Pretty much every subsidy nowadays has some "for the public good" narrative, some more believable than others. I don't think having a better such narrative than average makes it not a "subsidy in the traditional sense".

chiefalchemist 9y ago
Fair enough, but again... 2) Depending on where you stand on the cause of climate change, I think it could be argued that aiding renewables isn't a subsidy in the traditional sense, as much as inventment in hopes of mitigating future expenses due to climate change. I don't want to assume, so I have to ask: Do you understand the difference between an expense and an investment? To clarify, it's not narrative if $X today aims to save $X x Y and Z lives tomorrow, to say nothing of the social and sociopolitical disruption. That's still a subsidy? I don't agree; at all.