Instead, we have created a patchwork quilt of energy subsidies and tax credits that has bifurcated into two camps: Permanent tax credits for the fossil fuel industry and temporarycredits and subsidies for the renewable energy industry.
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In successive administrations, the country has spent trillions in temporary tax credits and short-term "stimulus" to goose growth by the next election.
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Individual taxpayers, for their part, got some temporary new credits for the purchase of hybrid vehicles and the installation of energy-efficient windows and solar heaters.