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" ... However, do note that this means that renewables are gaining very much the same subsidies. Because domestic power from renweables in my native UK pays that same lower VAT rate. Therefore the subsidy is the same. And if we really want to take this as being the definition of a subsidy then renewables do get truly vast subsidies. For, look at what the statement really is. Something that does not pay the same taxation as everything else is receiving a subsidy. OK. But fossil fuels (in Western Europe shall we say) do pay vast taxes. As much as 80% of the cost of gasoline is tax over here. 0% (excluding that lower rate of VAT from our calculations) of the cost of renewables is taxation. Thus, under this rubric renewables must be receiving a larger subsidy than fossil fuels. ... "