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Did the government also fund the construction of gas stations when cars were getting started?
by option 4y ago
Did the government also fund the construction of gas stations when cars were getting started?
- olivermarks 4y agohttps://www.convenience.org/Topics/Fuels/The-History-of-Fuels-Retailing https://www.convenience.org/Topics/Fuels/The-History-of-Fuel... quite interesting, the way the petroleum supply chain grew. Monopolies broken up but no government grants etc to speak of
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- 1270018080 4y agoIf we're talking government funded car infrastructure... yeah I think a lot of that happened, and continues to, unfortunately.
- clouddrover 4y agoGovernments the world over subsidize petroleum and other fossil fuel industries: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesellsmoor/2019/06/15/united-states-spend-ten-times-more-on-fossil-fuel-subsidies-than-education/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesellsmoor/2019/06/15/united... https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/climate-change/energy-subsidies https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/climate-change/energy-subsidie... https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2017/aug/07/fossil-fuel-subsidies-are-a-staggering-5-tn-per-year https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97... Governments fund the roads to drive the cars on in the first place (roads, bridges, road signs, traffic lights, street cleaning, etc.). A bit of extra funding for building EV charging infrastructure is not disproportionate.
- option 4y agoI'm asking about gas stations specifically. Of course, governments do and should continue building electric grid infrastructure