Subsidies are kind of the opposite of austerity.

The US voted for the wealthy to not pay for the subsidies via federal income tax (bottom 60% of Americans have no federal tax liability) and to expose US energy consumers to higher prices through continued fossil fuel use. The technology is proven, is cost competitive, and could be advantaged (through subsides that were removed). It isn’t, because of entrenched interests and corruption. It’s for profits and tax cuts for the wealthy, plain and simple, at the expense of everyone who needs energy.

If the public has a problem with this, they know where to find the folks making their lives more expensive for fossil fuel industry profits to share their concerns (even if climate change is not their priority).