“You ignore the STATE and federal taxes coal pays which solar doesn’t.”
Solar does pay taxes when it is a power production business making profits like coal.
“Historically, the choice was between ‘no electricity’ and subsidies.”
I don’t agree with that socialist viewpoint.
“But of course solar PV use depends greatly upon the subsidized power grid so that subsidy must be counted as a subsidy for PV too...”
Only the grid tied ones. there are boatloads of off-grid systems, and it is too bad there are not more.
LOL!
Last try.
Coal: Coal taxes + “business” taxes - subsidies= net
Solar: “Business taxes” - subsidies= net
There’s an obvious difference.