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[People often leap to defend fossil
fuel subsidies without checking whether their particular concern is addressed in policy solutions.
Not exact matches
In some regions, solar panels and wind turbines are already competitive with fossil
fuels without subsidies.
Efforts to drastically slash automobile emissions and
fuel use within 40 years don't stand a chance
without subsidies, technology improvements and more stringent government standards, according to a report by a panel of experts released Monday.
Calling fossil
fuels an antiquated technology, like whale oil, Mann points out that alternative energy is growing even
without subsidies or a price on carbon.
Besides I want to the CO2 level to be at least 500 PPM and believe
subsidies should be used if necessary to ensure sufficient fossil
fuel is burned
Without more CO2 my muskmelons won't grow as big as I want.
It isn't possible
without massive fossil
fuel subsidies and deliberately scorching much of the planet to reach harmful levels of CO2.
7/21/17 — In the next decade or so, electric vehicles (EVs) will become cheaper than conventional fossil -
fueled cars and will outsell them even
without government
subsidies, says a New York Times editorial.
Certainly once it has obtained a critical mass, renewables should not need any help but expecting renewables to expand
without assistance while fossil
fuels receive huge
subsidies is ridiculous.
The idea that fossil
fuels benefit from both direct and indirect
subsidies has been around for years, but analysis has generally been done in pieces (some of it done very well — Nancy Pfund and Ben Healy at DBL Investors published an excellent analysis of direct
subsidies in the U.S. a couple years back) or
without complete data robust enough to stand up to critique.
They might very well become cost - competitive with fossil
fuels without subsidies (and they already are in some locations.)
Renewable technologies are already economically competitive with fossil
fuels in a number of countries
without subsidies.
Without out the
subsidies and mandates and tarifs, corn
fuel ethanol production would vanish.
«Before maybe the end of this decade, I see wind and solar being cost - competitive
without subsidy with new fossil
fuel.»
Meanwhile, natural gas, at 20 % of global fossil
fuel reserves, offers the largest - scale, economic -
without -
subsidies substitute for either coal or oil.
He said, «In areas of strong wind and plentiful land, such as west Texas or Colorado, wind power could be cheaper than fossil -
fuel generation even
without subsidies.»
If these
subsidies result in a change in the
fuel mix,
without resulting in more transport movements, they may actually decrease emissions of GHGs.
For decades the climate alarm movement has been pushing «solutions» that would handicap fossil
fuels rather than make alternative energy more competitive — that is, cheaper
without costly
subsidies.
This is a triple - win: water use drops
without affecting yields, fossil
fuel use declines, and the government saves up to $ 6 billion per year in diesel and electricity
subsidies.
Now, go and tell the world; not to waste good land and plenty water + diesel for grains / sugar for bio-
fuel, because is plenty of it already, new every day arriving for free, in the sewage treatment plants, Get the Sods to produce
fuel,
without subsidy and repossessing fertile land!
The failure of «cheap energy» is splitting Americans into two rival camps: one that is enthusiastic about needless
subsidy of oil and gas and another that sees
without fossil
subsidies renewable sources and more
fuel - efficient cars and trucks come out ahead in the Market.
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu recently claimed that wind and solar may compete with fossil
fuels,
without subsidies, within the next decade.
These proposals include coercion (the «Clean Power Plan») and increased taxpayer
subsidies, which are required because the «renewables» Hillary favors are more expensive and less reliable than fossil
fuel - generated electricity and would not be built
without the coercion and
subsidies.
Does it mean it can produce
fuel that is cost competitive with other
fuels without subsidies?
• Size of the current and historical R&D budget, both public and private, is not the only criterion — huge amounts have been spent on solar panel (photovoltaic, or PV) R&D over the decades, and PVs still are not able to compete with fossil
fuels or nuclear power
without huge
subsidies.
Can alternative energy can be produced and distributed cheaply enough to compete even with fossil -
fuel subsidies and
without a carbon price?
Since reducing GHGs, if done smartly, also saves money
without reducing productivity, then there's really no excuse not to vigoroously pursue such strategies — rather than continue
subsidies to fossil
fuels (which we pay for April 15th, if not at the pump or on our utility bills, or at least we pan costs & eco-harms off to future generations).
And we could even do it
without the burden of increased costs — if only we could eliminate fossil
fuel subsidies and direct them towards renewables.
Congress should first reform its suite of deployment
subsidies to «better drive and reward innovation» so that clean tech segments can become cost - competitive with fossil
fuels without subsidy «as soon as possible,» Jenkins said.