While the Europeans are learning the hard way and are dispensing with lucrative subsidies, U.S. politicians want the American public to experience the same pain despite the fact that the developing world is not following in lock step
Many people have been led to believe that renewable forms of energy such as wind and solar must be very affordable since their energy sources – wind and solar – are free. In truth, these sources exist because of government policies, including subsidies and mandates, and increasingly, governments are moving to reduce the subsidies because consumers are objecting to higher and higher energy bills.