@aarnegranlund@mastodon.social Governments continue to subsidize fossil fuel use because without it, maintaining control of their own nations becomes much more difficult. How do you manage an empire in this day and age without heavy mobility? There is just no substitute for them. IOW, the problem lies beyond merely the stuff itself but at a deeper level. The oligarchy(oiligarchy?)/plutocracy must be protected from the severe dangers of an equitable socioeconomic order