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by atlantic 946 days ago
Green energies in general are heavily subsidized, whereas conventional fossil fuels are heavily taxed. Without these measures, there would be no transition to alternative power sources, because economically they are nonsensical.
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> whereas conventional fossil fuels are heavily taxed

Hahaha... I wish.

https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2023/08/24/fossil-fuel...

> fossil-fuel subsidies rose by $2 trillion over the past two years as explicit subsidies (undercharging for supply costs) more than doubled to $1.3 trillion