Mastodawn

Energy subsidies that make sense right now:
- free public transport in cities;
- remote VAT on bikes and e-bikes;
- buying back petrol cars if someone switches it for an EV;
- installing EV charging points in gas stations.

Energy subsidies that don’t make sense:
- lowering taxes on petrol and diesel to ease the shock.

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juliette

European governments are dancing around the fact that they need to start rationing petrol RIGHT NOW. It’s not a popular thing to say at all, and they’re all hoping someone else says it first.

But even without saying “rationing” you can encourage different behaviours right now. They’re doing the OPPOSITE.