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ProSense

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17. That is not a "subsidy"
Wed Feb 19, 2014, 01:24 PM
Feb 2014

to the oil and gas industry. Here's the rest:

The Administration is developing new environmental standards for oil and gas drilling on public lands and will continue to invest in research to ensure safe and responsible natural gas production.


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Establishing an Energy Security Trust Fund to Fund R&D for Advanced Vehicle Technologies. In addition to urging Congress to repeal the $4 billion in subsidies that taxpayers provide the oil industry each year, the President has called on Congress to establish an Energy Security Trust and enact reforms to promote diligent oil and gas development on federal lands. The Energy Security Trust proposal has broad bipartisan support, including retired admirals, generals and leading CEOs, and focuses on shifting our cars and trucks off oil. This $2 billion investment in a range of cost-effective technologies – like advanced vehicles that run on electricity, homegrown biofuels, hydrogen, and domestically produced natural gas – will be drawn from revenues generated from federal oil and gas development. Establishing a dedicated source of funding will allow the Energy Department to maintain targeted and sustained investments that are catalytic and directly advance U.S. energy security.



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This ProSense Feb 2014 #1
bwahahahahaha. cali Feb 2014 #2
So faced with the fact that this isn't about subsidies, you laugh? ProSense Feb 2014 #3
it is indeed about subsidies and expanding corporate "rights" cali Feb 2014 #4
So you move away from the PDF and link to an article that has nothing to do with subsidies ProSense Feb 2014 #7
Sounds like a subsidy to me ..... oldhippie Feb 2014 #15
That is not a "subsidy" ProSense Feb 2014 #17
Still a subsidy ....... oldhippie Feb 2014 #18
Yeah, OK. ProSense Feb 2014 #19
just for you pro. it's perfect for you, pro. hope you enjoy it, pro cali Feb 2014 #6
Yeah, that ProSense Feb 2014 #8
Cali, you'd be a lot more persuasive if you didn't LIE about the President... ConservativeDemocrat Feb 2014 #13
I don't lie about him. cali Feb 2014 #16
ProSense called you out on this, and she's 100% correct... ConservativeDemocrat Feb 2014 #20
" It also mentions that the federal government will offer technical assistance ... Champion Jack Feb 2014 #5
"Clean Coal" and "Sustainable Shale Gas"..... bvar22 Feb 2014 #9
hey, according to DU's Pro, I'm all wrong here. cali Feb 2014 #10
You are completely wrong. kristopher Feb 2014 #12
You're wrong about the "subsidies" despite the lame red herring. ProSense Feb 2014 #14
Thank you! I couldn't have said it better. clandestiny Feb 2014 #21
Gee will the Wingers get their nickers in a wad again now that the Pres is using Executive action to wocaonimabi Feb 2014 #11
Fracking wells Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #22
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