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Fossil Fuel Subsidies Dwarf Support For Renewables
TravisTR sends word of research from Bloomberg New Energy Finance which found that direct subsidies for renewable energy from governments worldwide totaled $43-46 billion in 2009, an amount vastly outstripped by the $557 billion in fossil fuel subsidies during 2008.
"The BNEF preliminary analysis suggests the US is the top country, as measured in dollars deployed, in providing direct subsidies for clean energy with an estimated $18.2bn spent in total in 2009. Approximately 40% of this went toward supporting the US biofuels sector with the rest going towards renewables. The federal stimulus program played a key role; its Treasury Department grant program alone provided $3.8bn in support for clean energy projects. China, the world leader in new wind installations in 2009 with 14GW, provided approximately $2bn in direct subsidies, according to the preliminary analysis. This figure is deceptive, however, as much crucial support for clean energy in the country comes in form of low-interest loans from state-owned banks. State-run power generators and grid companies have also been strongly encouraged by the government to tap their balance sheets in support of renewables."
with violating ethics laws? Charlie Rangel, Maxine Waters, Kwame Kilpatrick, Jesse Jackson Jr., Al Sharpton, Obama, etc. The list just goes on and on. Why do they bring their "ghetto ethics" to Washington? Rangel is an especially egregious example - what with his ashy-face rhaspy-voiced ass writing tax laws that he expected everyone except himself to follow. Fuck that bitch! I hope he drags down the entire Democrat party with him. So much for Nancy Pelosi's "most ethical Congress ever!"
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Right, the case of an african doctor donated a solar cell. Just enough energy to either keep refrigerator (storing vaccines) running, or switch on the energy-saving bulb to vaccinate people. Decisions, decisions...
For the same money many doctors could receive the combustion generators with fuel supplies and never worry for the wattage of their fridges.
This is what happens in the Real World when ideologists try bending the world to the phantoms of their imagination.