10-08-2012, 09:31 AM
It's simply not fair to single out solar and wind as "massively subsidized".
Oil is subsidized by tax policies and a military occupation.
Geothermal is subsidized by artificial "power purchase" rate structures.
Ironically, many of the issues associated with geothermal development are similar (and in some cases identical) to the problems with fracking.
The case for industrialization is interesting, and timely, but our elected officials have apparently chosen to focus their ambition elsewhere.
Oil is subsidized by tax policies and a military occupation.
Geothermal is subsidized by artificial "power purchase" rate structures.
Ironically, many of the issues associated with geothermal development are similar (and in some cases identical) to the problems with fracking.
The case for industrialization is interesting, and timely, but our elected officials have apparently chosen to focus their ambition elsewhere.