> Finally, there is the $60 billion subsidy that the IMF focused on — the “social costs” of carbon that governments pay, instead of fuel producers. So it's not

> Finally, there is the $60 billion subsidy that the IMF focused on — the “social costs” of carbon that governments pay, instead of fuel producers. So it's not a direct financial contribution by the government. This viewpoint was hotly debated in another recent thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19905104 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19905104