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Chris Wright: “If you can't compete without subsidies, after 34 years, your…”

Featuring: Chris Wright, Republican | Secretary of Energy | National

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McBride Asks Wright If He Has Found Wind Turbines In China After Trump Claims China Doesn't Use Them

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She said remove the incentives. So 34 years of subsidy for wind weren't enough to get an infant industry off its feet and going 34 years. To me, If you can't compete without subsidies, after 34 years, your industry doesn't work. Let's be clear. You're not opposed to subsidies for energy producers. You're just opposed to subsidies for renewable energy producers. Because the fossil fuel industry gets a. (03:52–03:57)

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Asserts that an industry unable to compete without subsidies after 34 years is not viable.

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