In the USA oil has had its fair share of subsidies also coal has had many subsidies . Not that I hate oil or coal but they cause real air pollution.
I am not talking about co2 and greenhouse effect. I am talking about particle of soot in the air from older dirty coal power plants (USA) .
They older plants have been grandfathered for decades the subsidy cost is lung disease increased for millions of people.
If all power plants in the USA were forced to fully clean the particulates lung disease would lower and the price of electrical power would rise quite a bit. States like New York, New Jersey, Connecticut would directly benefit with much cleaner air.
I am not a green freak I am just a guy with asthma that spends about 2k a year filtering air in his home. Works no meds for years. I spent a lot of time researching the issue. You could start a lot of fights over this issue but the fact is 20 of the 40 worst coal plants for power are in a line starting from Illinois and ending near Trenton NJ. All are old and grandfathered that is a subsidy you pay less for electrical power and you pay with lung disease.
Now that more medical is getting paid by the feds some rulings against those shit on your neighbors power plants have occurred in the supreme court.
Same with some attacks against food (completely different subject involves corn subsidy) but 10 percent of gasoline comes from corn which is subsidized.
Like it or not solar frekin driveways would work for many homeoweners . I could give 2 shits if it is subsided by the feds. Since corn coal and oil are all getting a nice piece of coin from the feds.
Give me a driveway that works and pays for itself in 5-7 years I am in.
