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You could argue that both direct oil subsidies and indirect "lack of carbon tax" subsidies also exist and contribute to reduced demand for EVs. Is that fair to
by DeRock 5y ago
You could argue that both direct oil subsidies and indirect "lack of carbon tax" subsidies also exist and contribute to reduced demand for EVs. Is that fair to EV manufacturers and their employees?
- a-dub 5y agoi'm less interested in the objective idea of fairness and more interested in the practical realities of what it would take to successfully transition to electric vehicles. if there's a massive political upheaval halfway through that results in political and economic instability (which of course would at a minimum jeopardize the transition itself), then that wouldn't be what i would call a successful transition. since governments are already getting involved by subsidizing (and therefore are engineering a transition) i argue that they need to take a holistic approach and also engineer a path forward for those who will lose livelihoods and businesses as a result of those subsidies.