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The governments have to subsidize solar, so it can compete with government subsidized fossil fuels. You may be surprised to learn that global fossil fuel subsi

The governments have to subsidize solar, so it can compete with government subsidized fossil fuels. You may be surprised to learn that global fossil fuel subsidies rose from $4.5 trillion in 2015 to $7 trillion in 2022. https://www.statista.com/chart/31016/volume-of-global-fossil-fuel-subsidies-timeline/ https://www.statista.com/chart/31016/volume-of-global-fossil...

vasdae 3y ago
"Indirect subsidies" sounds like a dubious metric.
- dtech 3y ago
  Why? If you tax A and not B, that is not much different from taxing both but subsidizing B. Most reasonable definitions of subsidies include it.