Disregarding the fact that this is not what “subsidy” refers to, it’s disingenuous to only count negative externalities without counting positive ones. air tra

Disregarding the fact that this is not what “subsidy” refers to, it’s disingenuous to only count negative externalities without counting positive ones. air travel, cars, snow blowers, truck transport, train transport, bus transport, natural gas house heating, propane fork lifts, front loaders, orbital rockets (gps anyone?). Imagine life without these things. To calculate the true cost of oil you need to include its benefits as well. Electric batteries are only just becoming feasible for most of these things. Of those airplanes and orbital rockets still have no feasible battery alternatives and won’t for some time.