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It doesn't go unsold, everyone pays via subsidies.
by erobbins 8y ago
It doesn't go unsold, everyone pays via subsidies.
- chii 8y agoWhy can't the business suffer losses instead of everyone pay subsidies?
- j16sdiz 8y agoBecause public traded business must be greedy in America. They will be sued by share holder of they are not greedy.
- alasdair_ 8y ago>Why can't the business suffer losses instead of everyone pay subsidies? Because the old model of coal power plants makes people pay in other ways (pollution). Subsidies are reasonable if it means that the negative externalities are diminished.
- briandear 8y agoSo let’s subsidize nuclear instead. Far more efficient than millions of people buying solar panels. Properly designed nuclear is proven technology.
- passivepinetree 8y agoYou’re creating a bit of a false dichotomy here. There’s absolutely methods and reason to subsidize both forms of power. Both would be a vast improvement over coal/petroleum.
- petrocrat 8y agoLet's do both.
- briandear 8y agoBecause it’s politically popular to subsidize anointed industries.