energy tax
it costs energy to get energy. you have to drill wells, dig mines, manufacture solar cells, windmills, dams. this energy cost is a tax on the energy source. sweet light oil had the lowest tax in the history of the world. about 1%. it's been going up as we've been consuming it. we're in the 3% range now. oil and natural gas production are peaking. that means their tax is going up. the tax on coal is 5% to 10% depending on how clean you want to be. the tax on solar and wind is about 20%. hydrogen is 200%. large scale biofuel is 1000%. think about it.