Comment on New EU climate chief: 'The sooner fossil fuels become history, the better'

tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• dukeGR4@monyet.cc ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I think corporations will just pass on the cost to the consumers if they don’t get subsidies lol.

  Given our reliance on it it’s a lot more than just basic supply and demand

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  • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I think corporations will just pass on the cost to the consumers if they don’t get subsidies lol.

    yes, kind of the point.

    While it would definitely, absolutely suck to be on the receiving end of the price hike, it would cause more and more people to finally switch to alternatives or use less of it, where possible.

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    • ViciousTangerine@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Remove the subsidies and institute an actual carbon price mechanism, and we’ll see how quickly people begin to switch over.

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    • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s a little late in the game to painlessly transition away from fossil fuels. I’d support programs to improve mass transit or provide gas cards to those that can barely keep gas in their vehicle as-is. Continuing the business-as-usual of running our nation on fossil fuels because it’ll hurt someone’s budget is a poor excuse.

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      • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It’s a little late in the game to painlessly transition away from fossil fuels

        Again, that’s the point. It doesn’t have to be painless. It has to get done.

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  • intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The reliance thing is part of demand.

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