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Governments the world over subsidize petroleum and other fossil fuel industries: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesellsmoor/2019/06/15/united-states-spend-ten-
by clouddrover 4y ago
Governments 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