Adam Michel and Nick Loris outline on The Daily Signal why tax incentives fail to drive energy innovation.
- While politically enticing, tax incentives stifle energy innovation.
- Tax credits distort the market by disincentivizing investment into technologies that the government doesn’t favor.
- Energy companies often become overly reliant on these subsidies which leads to inefficient and wasteful practices.
- Ultimately the best way to lower emissions and spur innovation is by unlocking the power of the private sector and ending tax incentives.
“Business models built around taxpayer-funded subsidies also distort the incentive that drives innovation. Preferential tax treatment reduces the necessity for an industry to make its technology cost-competitive, because the tax credit shields a company from recognizing the actual price at which its technology is economically viable.”
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