Uranium3006 comments on Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Rise to $7 Trillion in 2022, Exacerbating Climate Crisis

submitted 2 years ago by lntl@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

The IMF report said that explicit subsidites have more than doubled since its previous assessment, from $0.5 trillion to $1.3 trillion in 2022.

It's a bold strategy Cotton, let's see if it pays off for them

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 20 points 2 years ago (3 children)

How about we take.that and spent it on climate change mitigation instead

[–] original_reader@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago

That would require thinking beyond immediate benefits and next quarter's bottom line. Too hard. /s

parent

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

That would cost business owners money that could be used for padding their wallets. Can't do that.

parent

[–] lntl@lemmy.ml [S] 5 points 2 years ago

how about we do nothing and fight about stupid shit in the meantime?

parent

lemmy:	0.19.20
mlmym (mschae):	26.3.4