Surviving Capitalism (Not) : No Matter How You Count Them, Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are As High As Ever

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Monday, February 3, 2014

No Matter How You Count Them, Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are As High As Ever

Click here to access article by Ben Jervey from DeSmogBlog.

After figuring in all the costs of fossil fuels, it becomes clear that carbon tax arrangements are largely designed to keep the public fooled into thinking that the ruling class, which lives off of the bonanza furnished by the fossil fuel industry, are doing something substantial to reduce the threat of climate change.