António Guterres, the secretary-general of the United Nations, called for an "Acceleration Agenda" in response to climate change.
  • whoisearth@lemmy.caEnglish
    222·
    2 years ago

    America, like Canada, subsidizes TF out of the oil companies to intentionally deflate the price of gas. Start looking there.

    Also worth noting because it is still destructive, we subsidize TF out of corn too, to the detriment of other crops.

    I don’t think people realize how under-priced almost everything they purchase is, and it’s all because of mass subsidies.

    We need to end these subsidies but damn if people won’t freak over their groceries even more.

    • Serinus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      2 years ago

      We all have an interest in overproducing crops. If, say, Florida becomes an aquarium, or there’s a disease that wipes out a lot of a particular monoculture, we don’t want a ridiculous spike in food prices (or worse).