This outrageous giveaway has to stop or we will never get true price discovery of a lump of coal (the kind you get all year round, not just at Christmas). If these kinds of subsidies were ended, renewables would be seen as the real bargains. When we the last time a wind turbine or solar field experienced a toxic ash dump? The coal/oil/NG industries have to stop getting a free ride and should pay to clean their messes. |
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Scott Baker is a Managing Editor & The Economics Editor at Opednews, and a former blogger for Huffington Post, Daily Kos, and Global Economic Intersection.
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Scott is a former and current President of Common Ground-NY (http://commongroundnyc.org/), a Geoist/Georgist activist group. He has written dozens of (more...)