America is never going to change that. Whoever controls energy controls the world. The US has turned into an energy exporter and by controlling the Middle East, they control most of the worlds oil supply. China tries to compete with them, but has very little oil, so they go for green technology. Biden tried to compete using the Inflation Reduction Act, but the American people have choosen to go for Trump and his fossil fuel strategy. So the US tries to keep everybody hooked on especially oil and gas, with its allies in the Middle East. They try to destroy competition from countries like Iran, Russia and Venezuela, but also need low oil prices to keep green tech out. So subsidies are just a good idea for them.
Just to state the obvious. Trump is destroying any sort of chance the US had to go green and remain a super power by destroying the little wind, solar, EV and battery industry the US has. They also try to hook other countries on their supply, but there are options. If you do not want your country dependent on US fascists, then you need to push to go green.
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Burning stuff seems to be on the minds of lots of people today. On September 10, Bloomberg contributor Mark Gongloff, whose resumé includes stories for Fortune, Huffington Post, and the Wall Street Journal, penned a piece with another startling headline, this one being:
“The US Is Giving Away $35 Billion a Year to Cook the Planet”
Why would America do that? Because the beneficiaries have the government in their pocket? That is one possible explanation. If that sounds more like a Mafia shakedown than a government, you’re not far wrong. The price of US government subsidies for the fossil fuel industry has more than doubled in the last eight years, Gongloff wrote, and added, “Welfare for an industry that makes billions of dollars in profits and pollutes the climate is worse than useless. It’s self-destructive.”
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