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Old 03-09-2022, 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by blueash View Post
I am confused, completely utterly confused. Are you saying that we don't subsidize oil exploration and extraction? Are you saying that coal is the source of most of the electricity in this country? Can you perhaps provide me with links as to how much electricity is coal generated, and how little the US taxpayer has given the gas and oil industry in the last few years? That will help my confusion. I'll check back.
Oil and gas subsidized to keep the gold mine going. Federal government and state government make more on gallon gas than oil companies producing it.