Oil Sands Tax Expenditures.
(Abstract). (Full report can be emailed to you). Department of Finance. This paper is a study of the federal tax treatment of the oil sands industry centered in Alberta.
oil
When the Government is the Landlord.
(Appendices). Amy Taylor, Chris Severson-Baker, Mark Winfield, Dan Woynillowicz, May Griffiths, The Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development. Review of issues and trends associated with oil and gas development on state-owned land.
Government Spending on Canada's Oil and Gas Industry: Undermining Canada's Kyoto Commitment.
Amy Taylor, Matthew Bramley, and Mark Winfield, The Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development. This report, commissioned by the Climate Action Network Canada, identifies and quantifies federal government expenditure on Canada's oil and gas sector. It also investigates both federal and provincial support for oil sands developments. Useful information, though the subsidy numbers were lower than expected for resource-rich Canada. There may be programs or subsidy types that have not yet been counted.
Oil Slickers: How Petroleum Benefits at the Taxpayers Expense.
Jenny
Wahl for the Institute for Local Self Reliance. Overview of the
external costs of petroleum not included in the market price, including
tax breaks, oil security, and environmental and health effects.
Tax Incentives for Petroleum and Ethanol Fuels.
U. S. General
Accounting Office. Letter report containing historical data and
comparisons on federal subsidies to oil and to ethanol.
"Big Oil" at the Public Trough: An Examination of Petroleum Subsidies.
Ronald
Sutherland for the Cato Institute, February 2001. Cato does good work
advocating for subsidy reform, with the fairly glaring exception of
anything having to do with petroleum. Perhaps the organization's heavy
reliance on funding from Koch Industries constrains free expression
here. For starters, Sutherland's paper would have benefited from some
peer review, and from the use of more realistic subsidy values for oil.
America, Oil and National Security: What Government and Industry Data Really Show.
National Environmental Trust.
Review of the challenges and costs of US dependence on foreign oil.
Discussion of past and present proposals to address the problem.
Money to Burn? The High Cost of Energy Subsidies.
Mark
Kosmo, World Resources Institute. Review of subsidies to electricity,
coal, oil, and natural gas in 32 countries using primarily the
price-gap method.
US House Takes on Big Oil
...Other economists say the industry's federal subsidies are far higher. They average about $39 billion annually if items such as defense of oil lanes in the Persian Gulf, guarding domestic infrastructure like the Alaska Pipeline, and paying to maintain the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve are also included, says Doug Koplow, founder of Earth Track, a Boston consulting firm that analyzes natural-resource subsidies.
Comment: Switching to Snake Oil
..."Cutting oil consumption in any significant manner means increased reliance on ethanol and other biofuels because they are easily the most cost-competitive alternative to gasoline on the market. Accordingly, it's worth noting that the president's own Department of Agriculture reports that ethanol costs about $2.53 per gallon to produce - even with the subsidies. Without them, economist Doug Koplow calculates that production costs would be at least $1 per gallon higher.