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To: Prophet2520

here’s a fairly reasonable comparison to use instead of the nonsense you posted:
http://www.eia.gov/analysis/requests/subsidy/

Notice the subsidies are about the same for coal and solar.
But coal pays taxes to the feds and the states.
There is no tax on solar.

State subsidies increase the solar subsidy load significantly.

If you don’t want to sound like a mindless “true believer” then don’t. There are positive points a reasonable person can make for solar, even PV.


48 posted on 11/18/2014 7:37:01 AM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: mrsmith

Thanks for the link, even if you present it with insults and bias, and apparently didn’t read much of the other info.

“Notice the subsidies are about the same for coal and solar.”

At least now you are seeing that solar help by the federal government is not worse than coal, so don’t treat it differently.

“State subsidies increase the solar subsidy load significantly.”

The link you provided is only for federal subsidies. To make that statement you would need to prove there have been no state subsidies for coal, which is ridiculous.

Also, what you seem to be forgetting is history. That link may give some numbers for 2010, but the entire coal industry, electric industry, the power grid and everything has been subsidized for like a hundred years. It would be one thing if all the subsidies for central power had stopped 70 years ago once the power grid was established, but NOT.


51 posted on 11/18/2014 8:24:00 AM PST by Prophet2520
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