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Re:15 EU states subsidise fossil-fuels more than renewables by zibzab on Sunday February 06, 2022 @06:10AM (#30231419)
Sweden?

That can't be right, we have pretty huge taxes on fossil fuel and the government just increased them.

Re:15 EU states subsidise fossil-fuels more than renewables by tommiegannert on Sunday February 06, 2022 @01:03PM (#30235064)
The underlying report is from 2020 [1] and seems to include data up to 2018.

I've been searching for Sweden in it. There are references to CO2/diesel tax reductions for mining, maritime and rail sectors. Glancing at Figure 2-9, it looks like "infrastructure" and "production" are the two blocks, so I think that confirms it.

I think the net number in OPs article is based on Figure 2-9 and 2-13, but that's just a guess.

[1] https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/92a...

Re:15 EU states subsidise fossil-fuels more than renewables by tim333 on Sunday February 06, 2022 @11:18AM (#30233886)
A lot of the accounting in these things saying fossil fuels are subsidised in countries where they are not are pretty sketchy. It tends to be either that there is say a large tax on oil company profits but they can offset their costs in calculating profits and that gets called a subsidy. Or they figure the pollution costs are more than the tax levied and call that a subsidy. Straight subsidies of the government handing you money to burn stuff are pretty rare.