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How Much do Fossil Fuels Benefit from Subsidies?

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๐—›๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜: ๐—œ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ.

It seems there is a fossil fuel theme to my posts this week. It wasnโ€™t intentional. It just worked out that way when I read an excellent article by Hannah Ritchie (2025) titled โ€œ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ข๐™ช๐™˜๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™—๐™จ๐™ž๐™™๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™™๐™ค ๐™›๐™ค๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ก ๐™›๐™ช๐™š๐™ก๐™จ ๐™ง๐™š๐™˜๐™š๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š?โ€ published on OurWorldinData.org.

Iโ€™ve seen the dollar amount of the subsidy that the climate community touts in numerous articles, and it struct me as a genuine an issue.

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€?

It sounds like something that happens because oil & gas lobbyists have politicians in their hip pocket. But a closer look reveals a very different reality.

Check out todayโ€™s post to better understand the truth about fossil fuel subsidies.

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