Time to move from fossil fuels

For decades, oil and gas have been subsidized through tax breaks, lack of regulation, easy access to natural resources controlled by the government, and taxpayer infrastructure benefits. Oil and gas have richly rewarded our political system for its “largess” — and lied to us about the results — while the planet we all share has been cooked and polluted.

We should shift our long-standing policy of subsidizing oil and gas interests for green energy. The question is how can we wean our political system off the bribes they are paid by oil and gas and move toward an Earth we can live on? David Redheffer