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Anything can be made to seem superficially 'cheap' if corruption is used to enforce subsidies on populations. Fossil fuels are only 'cheaper' because governmen
by crispinb 9y ago
Anything can be made to seem superficially 'cheap' if corruption is used to enforce subsidies on populations.
Fossil fuels are only 'cheaper' because governments have become irredeemably corrupted by fossil fuel interests, so none have to face public liabilities for the damage caused by their products. The apparent 'cheapness' is a consequence only of fraudulent accounting. This is a specific case of the more general 'Pollution Paradox', viz. "The more polluting a company is, the more money it must spend on politics to ensure it is not regulated out of existence" (George Monbiot).
- refurb 9y agoNo, fossil fuels really are cheaper than competing energy sources. No corruption needed!
- crispinb 9y agoYou think they are cheaper when the actual physical consequences of CO2 emissions are priced in? No-one else does, including the fossil fuel companies. They haven't invested the vast sums they have into lobbying and science-interference out of charitable inclinations towards lobbyists, amateurish scientists and think-tank careerists.