This is garbage reporting, surprising for Rolling Stone. The so-called "subsidies" are an attempt to put a price tag on the externalities of carbon emissions.

This is garbage reporting, surprising for Rolling Stone. The so-called "subsidies" are an attempt to put a price tag on the externalities of carbon emissions. The story says the "subsidies" don't appear on any budget. Well, duh, you idiot who wrote this, that's because no money changed hands! No money = not a subsidy. This smells like another BS story from the nuke industry. Some shill posts this kind of crap here nearly every day. Oil is cheap. It works. It has raised the standard of living of billions of people. Oil improves every aspect of our life from food supply and medicine to transportation and housing. Without fossil fuels the world would return to the pre-industrial era. If someone personally wants to live that way, be my guest, but stop trying to convince everyone else to.