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Re:The New Austrian Railways' Intercity and Nightjet Sleeper... by 9nGQluzmnq3M on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @12:30AM (#20332137)
The "subsidy" is not straight-up tax dollars being given to Exxon & co, but computed against "prices fully reflected supply costs plus the taxes needed to reflect environmental costs and other damage, including premature deaths from air pollution".
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Re:The New Austrian Railways' Intercity and Nightjet Sleeper... by Reason077 on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @02:37AM (#20332700)
The total includes direct subsidies, such as tax incentives that reward fossil fuel investment, exploration, and extraction in addition to indirect ones you describe.

In the US, like many countries, these are very substantial:

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/07/oil-tax-break.asp

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