So THAT'S why I have impure thoughts!

sounds like a genuine question.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_subsidies#Allocation_of_subsidies_in_the_United_States
OECD summary: http://www.oecd.org/site/tadffss/USA.pdf
OECD page for all countries with links to data: http://www.oecd.org/site/tadffss/

The biggest "subsidy" to the oil industry imo is the amount spent protecting oil and gas pipe lines and shipping lanes.

You obviously don't know many rich people.

er... did you notice the /troll?

ALBUM SALES! Jeez! Bloody USians with their poor reading comprehesion skills...... /troll

I suspect THESE burgers may emphasise your point in a less subtle way.

More like a restaurant with a huge menu of delicious dishes to choose from. You can order what ever you want but you always get either sweet and sour pork or beef in black bean sauce served to you - both come with special fried rice.

Where did you read that? All the articles I've read say the same thing :One link:

If you read anything different, a link would be appreciated.

You don't consider that news?
imo nuclear can be safe. It's people that can't be trusted.

It was an attempt at sarcasm, hence the legend.
Yes, there was nothing subtle about the post. It wasn't meant to be.
The topic was about infrastructure investment, hopefully the rights and wrongs of subsidies (there are some eloquent advocates with disparate views on /.) and a possible argument on "green" (note the quotes)/ "dirty"(note the quotes) / "nukular" (note the quotes) . What happens?
Fukit, the town's name is Nantucket.....jeeez......I couldn't bite my "tongue".

Apologies, next time I'll spell it out.

I love you too.

Subtlety truly does not work well at /.

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Subtlety doesn't work well at /.

++ Mod points needed....

Dude, use some alcohol wipes on them before you get an infected ear.

"Modern music" is recorded with much higher gain than previously so having higher quality equipment probably won't make much of a difference if your taste is mainstream. A couple of links:

The loudness war.
This made me smile. Why? I was listening to a youtube clip on pc speakers to pick up the affect on sound quality after clipping occurs...... he does explain it well though.

Disclaimer: Most of my digital music is in flac format - sounds brilliant through my main system at home, not so crash hot on my phone using black earbuds.