• AnotherDirtyAnglo@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    We should also halt all oil subsidies as well. I know cheap energy fuels the economy, but we don’t have that luxury anymore, and all products from regions that don’t ALSO suspend O&G subsidies and levy carbon taxes should have tariffs applied, and those tariffs added to the carbon tax fund.

    • Kbin_space_program@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Is there any proof that the oil and gas subsidies make it cheaper?

      Price of a liter of gas in
      NYC is $1.07 US
      Dallas Texas is $0.64
      Seattle is $1.29
      LA is $1.18

      Toronto is $1.08
      Calgary is $1.00
      Vancouver is $1.31
      Halifax is $1.35

      London England is $1.88
      Berlin is $2.08

      Fun fact, Calgary, Vancouver and Seattle should all be the same price. The latter two get product for free from a Canadian government built pipeline, that dates from the 1950s.