Green energy lobby claimed for decades that wind & solar subsidies would be temporary — BUT 50 years later, we’re told that ending taxpayer handouts means the certain death to industry — despite hundreds of billions already handed out.
Our view is that any industry that will fail without pipelining hundreds of billions of tax dollars into its coffers is an industry that we can live without.
Green energy lobby claimed for decades that wind & solar subsidies would be temporary
by Thinklike A. Mountain
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Green energy lobby claimed for decades that wind & solar subsidies would be temporary — BUT 50 years later, we’re told that ending taxpayer handouts means the certain death to industry — despite hundreds of billions already handed out.
Our view is that any industry that will fail without pipelining hundreds of billions of tax dollars into its coffers is an industry that we can live without.
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https://www.climatedepot.com/2025/07/01/green-energy-lobby-claimed-for-decades-that-wind-solar-subsidies-will-be-temporary-but-50-years-later-were-told-that-ending-taxpayer-handouts-means-the-certain-death-to-industry-desp/
The wind energy PTC came about as a temporary measure in 1992. Yes, 1992.