Comments on: Despite the Democrats, Big Oil Subsidies Continue http://priceofoil.org/2007/01/26/despite-the-democrats-big-oil-subsidies-continue/ Oil Change International campaigns to expose the true costs of oil and facilitate the coming transition towards clean energy. We are dedicated to identifying and overcoming political barriers to that transition. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:36:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Dorian Caruso http://priceofoil.org/2007/01/26/despite-the-democrats-big-oil-subsidies-continue/#comment-106372 Dorian Caruso Mon, 13 Aug 2007 03:20:10 +0000 http://priceofoil.org/2007/01/26/despite-the-democrats-big-oil-subsidies-continue/#comment-106372 Enough!!! The oil industry is the last that would need subsidies. I resent their subsidies when so many other programs in our country that would help our people & our children's education & health insurance suffer cuts. Bush has NO sense of priority. He should be running an Our Gang Comedy Clubhouse instead of a country!!! And Congress is not doing such a great job either. This is one Democrat on the verge of becoming an Independent, & I'll bet there are many more! Enough!!!
The oil industry is the last that would need subsidies. I resent their subsidies when so many other programs in our country that would help our people & our children’s education & health insurance suffer cuts.
Bush has NO sense of priority. He should be running an Our Gang Comedy Clubhouse instead of a country!!! And Congress is not doing such a great job either.
This is one Democrat on the verge of becoming an Independent, & I’ll bet there are many more!

]]> By: Steve Kretzmann http://priceofoil.org/2007/01/26/despite-the-democrats-big-oil-subsidies-continue/#comment-11678 Steve Kretzmann Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:16:06 +0000 http://priceofoil.org/2007/01/26/despite-the-democrats-big-oil-subsidies-continue/#comment-11678 As you know if you read our (roughly) weekly dispatches (sign-up box on the left), there are actually a lot of subsidies that were untouched by the House bill last week. That legislation, if passed by the Senate and signed by the Prez, would eliminate $14 billion in oil subsidies over 10 years. At best thats 22% of current oil subsidies. Here's why: During that time, Big Oil will receive between 63.2 and 390 billion dollars in subsidies from the US government. Details here: http://priceofoil.org/thepriceofoil/clean-energy And that doesn't even count international support, such as this: http://endoilaid.org Nor of course does it count the new RPSEA stuff that Public Citizen is reporting. So, good on the House for taking a first step. There's a lot more work to be done... As you know if you read our (roughly) weekly dispatches (sign-up box on the left), there are actually a lot of subsidies that were untouched by the House bill last week. That legislation, if passed by the Senate and signed by the Prez, would eliminate $14 billion in oil subsidies over 10 years. At best thats 22% of current oil subsidies. Here’s why:

During that time, Big Oil will receive between 63.2 and 390 billion dollars in subsidies from the US government. Details here:
http://priceofoil.org/thepriceofoil/clean-energy

And that doesn’t even count international support, such as this:
http://endoilaid.org

Nor of course does it count the new RPSEA stuff that Public Citizen is reporting.

So, good on the House for taking a first step. There’s a lot more work to be done…

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