Utilities, business groups, and some ratepayers may complain about subsidies for wind and solar power (Metro, July 23), but in reality every single business and consumer who relies on electrical power produced by fossil fuel is receiving a subsidy. We allow coal and even gas-fired power plants to pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere without paying anything for the ensuing damage. Pollution and global warming are cheap so long as we maintain the pretense that someone else will pay for the damages.