Quote:
Originally Posted by TAZ007
Will it get there, yes; but not with my tax dollars.
|
The
IMF estimates global fossil fuel subsidies as $5.9 trillion in 2020. In the US, their estimate of total explicit and implicit fossil fuel subsidies was $662 billion, or $2,006 per capita. Just so we're all on the same page that the government is a) using our tax dollars to subsidize fossil fuels and b) avoiding pricing fossil fuels in accordance with their negative externalities.