Oil Needs to Fall Below $20 to Compete With Green Alternatives

Re:Oil Needs to Fall Below $20 to Compete With Green Alterna... by marvin on Monday August 05, 2019 @07:31AM (#20613203)

Here is an article with a long list of literal fossil fuel subsidies that are largely ignored when discussing the economic environment for fossil fuels vs. non-CO2 energy sources.

(The article also discusses some of the indirect subsidies that you're describing as a 'tired trope', but the main theme is economic stimulus that directly supports extraction, exploration, distribution, transport and consumption of fossil fuels).

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2017/10/6/1642845...

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Re:Oil Needs to Fall Below $20 to Compete With Green Alterna... by navigatesol on Monday August 05, 2019 @08:01AM (#20613372)

Why do they compare absolute figures? Is it surprising to you that fossil fuel subsidies are greater than renewable subsidies by such a measure? How much does each industry earn in taxes?

>Yet this fact, so inconvenient to the conservative worldview

Can you explain what "the conservative worldview" is for the readers? Sounds like the author has an obvious political leaning.

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