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> has tax incentives that penalize ICE's You can seriously distort the competitive landscape if you are willing to put a 100% tax on one of the alternatives. A
by keanzu 7y ago
> has tax incentives that penalize ICE's
You can seriously distort the competitive landscape if you are willing to put a 100% tax on one of the alternatives. A lot can be achieved with unlimited amounts of other people's money.
- floatrock 7y agoI completely agree -- the competitive landscape gets seriously distorted when you play with the tax code and shift costs onto someone else: https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-fossil-fuel-subsidies-a-closer-look-at-tax-breaks-and-societal-costs https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-fossil-fuel-subs...
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- keanzu 7y agoOil is the lifeblood of the US economy. In times of economic recession, we often blame the government and get rid of them. We've clearly signaled with our voting patterns what we want and government has delivered on it - a reliable supply of oil to power the economy. Hence subsidies. On the other side the Norwegian government has managed to implement the world's highest tax on ICE cars and survive re-election so presumably that's what the electorate wants.
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