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Re:The Way Humans Get Electricity Is About to Change by rplst8 on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @07:04AM (#9770796)
Not sure why I got down voted on this.

Without the government subsidies, the market for current gen PVs and batteries would be infinitesimally small.

Wouldn't it be better to spend those subsidies on research for better PVs and batteries?

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Re:The Way Humans Get Electricity Is About to Change by elektromekatron on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @12:09PM (#9772552)
Without subsidies, civilian nuclear would not exist and we'd have a lot less oil and gas supplies. Exploration subsidies for oil and gas have doubled in the last five years in the US.

edit - energy production is always subsidised in wealthy countries, as energy security is key to national security, so it would be stupid not to.

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