Cheap extraction leases on public land.

Huge military investment in oil-producing countries and regions.

Building and transport codes built around the needs and technologies of dinosaur burners.

Lack of significant restrictions on emissions.

I don't think you're gonna get back the sum of the decades of subsidies of various sorts that cut the cost of technology developments.

(yes, I know they aren't really "dinosaur" burners but alge burners)

Tarrifs are also a tax.

Indeed but this was responding to a request for a list of subsidies for internal combustion.

Petroleum industry gets tons of subsidies. I think there's a reddit out there somewhere with a list of the tax deductions that are specifically for Big Oil. It's like 2 dozen or so.

And that's just the stuff that's out in the open.

All of that subsidizes any ICE car.

While I disagree that oil subsidies equate to ICE subsidies, I’d appreciate a link if you think it has good information.

I’ve attempted to research this issue before, but the information I’ve found is very poor. A common problem is grossly inflated figures that include deductions that apply to every business.

Also, I haven’t found a resource that accounts for the full tax load on oil. For example, electrics are not subject to the sizable per-gallon taxes on gas and diesel, which means ICE cars are subsidizing electric’s road usage.

The oil depletion allowance (curtailed since its glory days) was a major one, at some point allowing the deduction to continue way past the original well investment was recuperated.

As far as the modern state of tax incentives - https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/us/Documents/... and discussion of the current carveouts https://www.wsj.com/articles/does-the-oil-and-gas-industry-s...