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I mean we're dealing with an administration that paid off windfarms billions to NOT build but this endless war of choice is making everything in the world extr
by ck2 5mo ago
I mean we're dealing with an administration that paid off windfarms billions to NOT build
but this endless war of choice is making everything in the world extra horrible
and Russia just got another pass to sell more oil at top dollar to fund their own war
- imglorp 5mo agoWe also subsidize fossil fuels at around US$800 B/year direct, and much more than that indirect (wars, pollution, warming etc). A 100% fossil tax is what we need to kick that habit.
- Jblx2 5mo ago>subsidize fossil fuels at around US$800 B/year direct I would like to see a source for that. Usually this is from someone who thinks corporate taxes should be on gross revenue instead of profit.
- orwin 5mo agoI think corporations should pay import taxes on services, that would fix a lot of tax dodging
- imglorp 5mo agohttps://fossilfuelsubsidytracker.org https://fossilfuelsubsidytracker.org Globally it was 1.6 T in 2022, direct. For what they call implicit subsidies, IMF thinks it was $6.7T in 2024. https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2025/12/20/underpriced-and-overused-fossil-fuel-subsidies-data-2025-update-572729 https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2025/12/20/und...
- Jblx2 5mo agoLooks like $6.46 per person in the U.S. >The scope of the OECD Inventory is therefore broader than conventional conceptions of “subsidy”. https://fossilfuelsubsidytracker.org/methodology/ https://fossilfuelsubsidytracker.org/methodology/ ...so I guess we should be ganging up on the Netherlands ($1,760 per capita) and Sweden ($924 per person).