Tag: taxpayer subsidies

  • Tesla Battery, Subsidy and Sustainability Fantasies

    Tesla Battery, Subsidy and Sustainability Fantasies

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    Sharon Rondeau
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    MORE SUBSIDIES FROM EXHAUSTED CALIFORNIA TAXPAYERS CANNOT COMPENSATE FOR HARD REALITIES by Paul Driessen, ©2017 (Jul. 23, 2017) — The first justification was that internal combustion engines polluted too much. But emissions steadily declined, and today’s cars emit about 3% of what their predecessors did. Then it was oil imports: electric vehicles (EVs) would reduce…

  • The BlackSmith Tax Credit (BS-TC): A victim of politics

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    Sharon Rondeau
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    AN IMPORTANT CENTURIES-OLD INDUSTRY IS AGAIN FORCED TO PLAY THE WAITING GAME by John Droz, ©2012 (Aug. 17, 2012) — The following article was inspired by a recent magazine story about the difficulties faced by the wind turbine industry, as it deals with further delays in gaining yet another extension of the 20-year-old Production Tax Credit…