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urgentcorrect
5y ago
That is irrelevant. Fossil fuels are heavily taxed. Way more than renewables. Period.
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urgentcorrect
5y ago
the way it works is that oil is taxed let's say at 100% markup, and then temporarily the government decreases it to 80%, creating a 20% subsidy so the report will claim that oil is heavily subsidised. Ridiculous
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urgentcorrect
5y ago
Fossil fuels, specially petroleum, is heavily taxed in all countries. Of every liter of gasoline, approximately 70%-80% of the price goes to taxes. Also, there's no such thing as EU states, like there's US states. In Europe, there