When there is a public airing of who-gets-what-subsidies, I am sure Musk will make sure that the world knows the full cost of oil subsidies. On top of the many easily identified subsidies, historians will insist on adding in the cost of the Iraq wars and all other Mid-East initiatives designed to "keep the oil flowing" to the rest of the world. Some estimate that well over half of the defense budget can be argued as safeguarding oil.