My colleagues may complain that investment in renewables in the power grid is interfering in private industry, but they always seem to forget that taxpayers pay about $20 billion every year in subsidies to fossil fuel companies.
Bush defends renewable energy investments against criticism by highlighting fossil fuel subsidies.
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