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Re:Google and Facebook blocking wind farm because it will ra... by thomasguide on Monday June 13, 2022 @10:37AM (#31726239)
In the U.S., which is among the largest oil producer as of recent years, the fossil fuel industry is heavily subsidized.[1]

[1]https://e360.yale.edu/digest/fossil-fuels-received-5-9-trill...

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Re:Google and Facebook blocking wind farm because it will ra... by atonse on Monday June 13, 2022 @10:39AM (#31726273)
I found this same link in just doing some research for my sibling reply, but they mentioned a lot of that $5.9tn is "implicit" (like not counting the health harms) – that feels a bit more iffy to me though.
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