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raverbashinglast Saturday at 5:45 AM1 replyview on HN

Cool, cut all the oil subsidies, and road subsidies, and let the market decide


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nandomrumberlast Saturday at 6:06 AM

Did you know if you run a business (carry on an enterprise) the majority of the costs of doing business are tax deductible.

That's another term subsidised.

I'd argue fossil fuel industry subsidies are a net benefit to society as they help enable cheap reliable energy.

Whereas renewable subsidies are a net negative because they don't. Everywhere more renewables have gone electricity has become more expensive and less reliable, completely antithetical to strong industrial development.

Also, renewables seem to be driven forward largely due to a psychological contagion that a climate apocalypse is nigh, which is turning out to be completely toxic, especially to the minds of the next generations.

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