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Take Your Pick from the Energy Subsidies Tree: Apples, Oranges, or Blossoms

Posted by Bill Chameides of Duke University on October 19, 2011
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Timber was subsidized back in the 19th century, in part through land grants for railroads.

When assessing green energy subsidies, a little history helps. With Solyndra grabbing headlines (see here and here), “federal subsides” for green energy is beginning to challenge “regulations” as the epithet du jour among those proffering the sacrifice of America’s environment on the altar of the economy and jobs. (A false dichotomy in the opinion of…