Subsidies to Energy Industries

In addition to the direct cost of What would taxes owed have been in the absence of the government, all of these policies have an PDF compliments of www.earthtrack.net Subsidies to Energy Industries 751 intermediation value as well given that the govern- adoption of less energy-intensive materials. [...] For the electric, gas, and sanitary services electricity), the various distribution links to bring the sector, the value was one-twentieth, albeit during the energy resource to the point of final use, and accident more limited 1995–1998 period. [...] Under the sometimes not counted as an externality under the terms of the IEA, oil-importing member states are argument that workers are compensated for the required to hold stocks equal to 90 days of the added risks of their jobs through higher wages. [...] Quantifying the value of these one in which established energy types, often with transfers is the next step and helps policymakers to poor environmental profiles, continue to receive most prioritize which subsidies are most important to of the public support provided to the energy sector. [...] In inherent political resistance to subsidy reform are addition, because the cost of many subsidies rises as needed, if only to greatly improve the ability to the installed base eligible for them grows, the large identify, describe, and quantify subsidies to particu- installed base of fossil, nuclear, and hydro also lar fuels throughout the world.