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Sweden? That can't be right, we have pretty huge taxes on fossil fuel and the government just increased them.
by zibzab 5y ago
Sweden?
That can't be right, we have pretty huge taxes on fossil fuel and the government just increased them.
- tim333 5y agoA lot of the accounting in these things saying fossil fuels are subsidised in countries where they are not are pretty sketchy. It tends to be either that there is say a large tax on oil company profits but they can offset their costs in calculating profits and that gets called a subsidy. Or they figure the pollution costs are more than the tax levied and call that a subsidy. Straight subsidies of the government handing you money to burn stuff are pretty rare.
- tommiegannert 5y agoThe underlying report is from 2020 [1] and seems to include data up to 2018. I've been searching for Sweden in it. There are references to CO2/diesel tax reductions for mining, maritime and rail sectors. Glancing at Figure 2-9, it looks like "infrastructure" and "production" are the two blocks, so I think that confirms it. I think the net number in OPs article is based on Figure 2-9 and 2-13, but that's just a guess. [1] https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/92ae71b0-173a-11eb-b57e-01aa75ed71a1/language-en https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/92a...