The same people benefitting from these subsidies are the ones arguing that clean and renewable energy needs to compete in the "free market" we pretend we're living in. There's absolutely no reason other than corruption that fossil fuels are economically viable for mass scale energy despite the unfathomable amount of damage the mining process requires, much less post-consumption atmospheric damage. Solar, wind, and other renewable sources should be subsidized for the sake of our air and water quality and the secure future of our energy sector.