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Originally Posted by Shamrock23
Don't nuclear plants also require a large amount of subsidies? Do fossil fuels also receive subsidies?
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Can't answer either of your questions. If I liked research I would not have become a pilot. I suspect the nuclear industry is capable of making a net profit for the semi private government agencies that run them so they may be subsidized but it is a wash.
I know that fossil fuels generate way more revenue for the government than they could possible be subsidized in a thousand years but then some leftist would say the US military is a subsidy to fossil fuels.
The point is if wind power or solar worked you would have people lining up to become the standard oil of wind farms, you don't.
The real point is when you have "experts" in congress making the decision you get mandates to use Compact Florescent Bulbs. I will bet, before the 2012, deadline the compact florescent bulbs are declared an environmental risk.