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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_fuel_subsidies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_fuel_subsidies
by j_maffe 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_fuel_subsidies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_fuel_subsidies
- HPsquared 4y agoThere is some highly suspect ontology here. These are mostly generic tax reductions for energy, and would apply equally to solar or any other energy source. For example in the UK, "fuel and power for domestic use" is subject to the reduced VAT rate of 5%, instead of the standard rate of 20% charged for most items. This is the kind of thing that gets labelled a "fossil fuel subsidy".
- redeeman 4y agoit is a special(well I wish) kind of thinking where EVERYTHING belongs to the government, so the notion that someone gets to keep more of their own produce can only mean subsidy. It is really quite sick when one thinks about it