Table - German power

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20. In the real world, ALMOST ALL power is subsidized in some way or another.

All offshore wind farms are built on land owned by the people.

Many onshore wind farms are built on land owned by the people.

Almost all these big solar projects that you love so much are built on land owned by the people.

Most small solar setups on peoples' houses were somehow subsidized.

Hydroelectric dams are built using taxpayer money, and most of them are owned by the people.

Most "large-scale" geothermal power is generated on public lands.

A lot of natural gas extraction is happening on public lands.

Coal is subsidized by the people a thousand times over.

Oil is one giant 500-car gravy train of subsidies.

Finally, nuclear gets subsidies.

Moreover, virtually all of these technologies were developed with government research.

You're trying to pretend that the free market controls power generation in this country. If the free market controlled all power generation, we would only ever use dirty coal for power.

We're moving slowly in the direction of renewable energy because the government has decided that we should start moving away from fossil fuels. If this was happening because renewables are the cheapest form of energy, utilities would be running to embrace them. Instead, all renewable technologies are some of the most expensive forms of energy.

As an employee of an energy company, I would expect you to know this.