Faith of the Fathers Report: Federal Subsidies to Solar Up 626%, Subsidies to Wind Up 946%

Thursday, August 18, 2011

And here is where some more of your tax dollars went....:

Direct federal subsidies to the solar industry rose from $179 million (in 2007) to $1.13 billion (in 2010). That represents an increase of 626 percent.
For the wind industry, it received $476 million in direct subsidies in 2007 and got $4.98 billion in 2010. That translates into an increase of 946 percent.