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I assume you are referring to depreciation expenses and expenses in general that all for profit organizations get to take in general accounting practices and on taxes.

Also, in cases that energy , green or fossil, is subsidized, the proper way to compare is cost per unit produced, not the gross amount of dollars. For example, if one calculates subsidy dollars per unit of BTU or KW produced and usable. The argument concerning green vs fossil subsidies doesn't hold water, green energy subsidies per unit dwarf fossil energy per unit subsidies.

From the Congressional Research Service, 2009

"subsidies", $ per million BTU

Fossil Fuels $ .04

Renewables $1.94

These numbers are from 2009, my gut feeling is that the renewables' numbers have increased.



The taxes on fossil fuels are several orders of magnitude larger than any subsidy. Like tobacco, the government makes a LOT more money off them than the producing companies do.

We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.