alphacyberranger to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agoU.N. chief calls for an end to $7 trillion in fossil fuel subsidieswww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1773arrow-down13cross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.networldnews@lemmit.online
arrow-up1770arrow-down1external-linkU.N. chief calls for an end to $7 trillion in fossil fuel subsidieswww.cnbc.comalphacyberranger to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square29fedilinkcross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.networldnews@lemmit.online
minus-square@whoisearth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish17•9 months 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-square@Serinus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•9 months 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-square@MonkderZweite@feddit.chlinkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months 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.