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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SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months agoI 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.
BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months 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.
ViciousTangerine@lemmings.world 11 months ago
Remove the subsidies and institute an actual carbon price mechanism, and we’ll see how quickly people begin to switch over.