Wes, You left out this part: *Taxpayers currently subsidize the oil industry by as much as $4.8 billion a year*, with about half of that going to the big five oil companies—ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, BP, and ConocoPhillips—which get an average tax break of $3.34 on every barrel of domestic crude they produce.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCgQFjACahUKEwjRqOLBrLDIAhUQQYgKHe1LAqM&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.motherjones.com%2Fpolitics%2F2014%2F04%2Foil-subsidies-renewable-energy-tax-breaks&usg=AFQjCNEDvYpeB0-5Qft5tMSw_mkd2S1miw&sig2=JYwt28iI5NpoeP4ZQlXmDg Barry W2UP P.S. I got some useful info from this thread, and and some via private email, so thanks to those who responded on topic. Wes (N7WS) wrote > Be sure and pen a little thank you note to the taxpayers that help you out > with > your "free" fuel :-) > > http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hy-musk-subsidies-20150531-story.html#page=1 -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/OT-VHF-radio-in-Tesla-Model-S-tp7608742p7608791.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
