alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoU.N. chief calls for an end to $7 trillion in fossil fuel subsidieswww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1817arrow-down13
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minus-squarewhoisearth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down2·1 year agoAmerica, like Canada, subsidizes TF out of the oil companies to intentionally deflate the price of gas. Start looking there. Also worth noting because it is still destructive, we subsidize TF out of corn too, to the detriment of other crops. I don’t think people realize how under-priced almost everything they purchase is, and it’s all because of mass subsidies. We need to end these subsidies but damn if people won’t freak over their groceries even more.
minus-squareTerrasque@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoSounds like communism!
minus-squareSerinus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoWe all have an interest in overproducing crops. If, say, Florida becomes an aquarium, or there’s a disease that wipes out a lot of a particular monoculture, we don’t want a ridiculous spike in food prices (or worse).
minus-squareMonkderZweite@feddit.chlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSo start subsidizing diversity in cultures? Better for ecology too.
America, like Canada, subsidizes TF out of the oil companies to intentionally deflate the price of gas. Start looking there.
Also worth noting because it is still destructive, we subsidize TF out of corn too, to the detriment of other crops.
I don’t think people realize how under-priced almost everything they purchase is, and it’s all because of mass subsidies.
We need to end these subsidies but damn if people won’t freak over their groceries even more.
Sounds like communism!
We all have an interest in overproducing crops. If, say, Florida becomes an aquarium, or there’s a disease that wipes out a lot of a particular monoculture, we don’t want a ridiculous spike in food prices (or worse).
So start subsidizing diversity in cultures? Better for ecology too.