• Ni@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    There are often talks of carbon taxing, but removing subsidies would seen to be the obvious first step. Subdiside greener options instead.

  • jerry@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    because their lobbys pay lawmakers more!

    In capitalism, the people with money make or influence the laws.

  • Jake Farm@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    Throw in the trucking industry and the autoindustry for good measure. SUVs and big trucks have caused car fatalities to skyrocket.

    • usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlOP
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      1 year ago

      Ah tradition, the argument that has definitely not been used to justify all kinds of problematic and horrific thing

  • nooneescapesthelaw@lemmy.ml
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    Because people view their products as necessities to everyday life. People want to eat meat and and (real) no matter what.

    If without subsidies it becomes cheaper to import these types of foods, it becomes a national security issue.

    Plus without subsidies this stuff gets more expensive, so people will start complaining

  • Galven@lemm.ee
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    Because if fuel/milk/meat doubled or tripled in price, and the average member of the developed world would riot, and the guys in charge like being in charge. To the terminally online people, you are not the average. Just because you have a diet that gurgles gonads, or don’t have to drive a lot for your work, doesn’t mean the rest also don’t have to.