There have been fundings in the other direction, as well. In Austria, if you're running a business, you're automatically member of the Österreichische Wirtschaf

There have been fundings in the other direction, as well. In Austria, if you're running a business, you're automatically member of the Österreichische Wirtschaftskammer, WKO, (Austrian Chamber of Commerce) and paying a fee to run this. A few years ago, when climate awareness was already much a thing and everybody was trying to get rid of those things, the WKO was funding 50% of any costs of an oil fired domestic heating boiler out of these funds, as long as this was installed by a local firm. I had a hard time digesting the self-laudatory letter by the WKO on the matter of this "feat". (As it happens, the party dominating the WKO is also the major partner in the current government.)