Here’s a nice infographic from GOOD that shows the...

Here’s a nice infographic from GOOD that shows the amount of subsidies going towards different kinds of energy in the United States. It shows that nearly six times as much of our tax dollars are going towards fossil fuels than renewable energy.

The government spends billions of dollars to support the energy industry, which allows it to make energy cheaper than it should cost on the open market. These subsidies—either in the form of tax breaks or direct funding—favor some types of energy over others, giving our country a skewed sense of what each gallon of gas or wind-powered electron costs.

This may be a silly question, but shouldn’t we be spending at least an equal amount on the more sustainable forms of energy than the dirty non-renewable kinds?

View the full infographic here.