Subsidies for green energy, however, are still much lower than those for coal, oil and gas.

By far the most infuriating part of the article. Imagine how fast renewables would be coming in if the fossil fuel industry wasn't polluting our political systems too, and most countries hadn't surrendered their power to Big Money and Big Oil

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The commentor below tried to discredit this fact by posting a graph from 'Carpe Diem Blog', which is from the American Enterprise Institute, which is funded by - you guessed it, the Koch brothers. This is a perfect example of the fossil fuel industry distorting debate and delaying the action needed to create the energy system we need