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citrin_ru • today at 7:01 AM • 0 replies • view on HN

> Fossil fuel subsidies, $7T/year worldwide. Poor countries subsidize a lot!

That’s puzzles me a loot - there are many countries which hardly have any money for social safety net yet they keep fuel and electricity prices very low as a matter of government (social) policy and poor people benefit the least because they don’t drive and use little electricity.