Michael Giberson
Some, not all, of you believe that fossil fuel energy gain massive and undeserved subsidies from the federal government, that such subsidies way outweigh subsidies for renewable energy, and that subsidies for fossil fuels undermine the market success of renewable energy.
You may want to read Severin Borenstein’s post, “Are Fossil Fuel Subsidies Really the Problem for Renewables?”
In brief, he claims that government-based fossil fuel subsidies don’t amount to much per unit of energy delivered so don’t undermine renewables, are pretty stupid anyway, and the more significant fossil fuel support is elsewhere.