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What subsidies? For every £1 you spend on petrol in the UK 80p is tax. If we paid the actual cost people would drive gas guzzlers 'cos why not.

• vkou 9y ago
  > What subsidies? Getting to dump waste products into the atmosphere for free. That 80p is nowhere near the true cost of that.
  • mikeash 9y ago
    Yes, exactly. People don’t pay for the consequences of the pollution they generate. If they did, fossil fuels would be much less popular.