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This reads as somewhat one sided to me, as the expected thing is for the subsidies to be reduced over time. It feels like journalism often gets two scare stori
by ZeroGravitas 2y ago
This reads as somewhat one sided to me, as the expected thing is for the subsidies to be reduced over time.
It feels like journalism often gets two scare stories out of renewables or clean energy subsidies, one when they are introduced and another when they are phased out.
The recent reporting around Chinese EV regularly tries to catastrophise the reduction in subsidies which were only ever intended to kick start the market.
Of course some subsidies are cut too early or too fast for political reasons, some like carbon fees and internalising pollution costs should probably rise over time.
But if they're not interested in that level of conversation then the story is effectively just noise.
- addicted 2y agoWell considering fossil fuels continue to receive subsidies centuries after they were first regularly used your claim doesn’t sound correct at all.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 2y ago> It feels like journalism often gets two scare stories Journalism, for all the good things it has done and can do, is at the end of the day just another means to attract eyeballs to sell ads to.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> is at the end of the day just another means to attract eyeballs to sell ads to If you’re poor (or stupid), yes, this is the journalism you’re limited to, and that’s a problem. For everyone else, quality subscription-based journalism is an option.
- RetroTechie 2y ago> It feels like journalism often gets two scare stories It's called Double Data Rate: one transfer on the rising edge, a 2nd transfer on the falling edge. Gotta keep those ad $$ rolling.