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Banning something strikes me as a very heavy-handed way to stop subsidizing it. Why not stop the subsidies without banning it?
by hollerith 7y ago
Banning something strikes me as a very heavy-handed way to stop subsidizing it. Why not stop the subsidies without banning it?
- fennecfoxen 7y agoCalls such as this one to "stop subsidizing" fossil fuels are not an honest exhortation to accomplish the limited objective stated. They are rhetorical, placed here to distract from the inconvenient geopolitical impacts of the proposed policy, and muddy the water with some sort of quasi-excuse that doesn't really do a great job of excusing. (But if you're talking about it, you've at least distracted people from the fact that the Warren plan sending more money to the Saudis).