In her May 15 letter, Michelle Rosinski says that I agree with her that fossil fuel subsidies should be stopped. She fails to note that I said all energy subsidies should be eliminated. That includes all government support of wind and solar, including mandated preferences. And for fossil fuels, it also includes negative subsidies such as carbon taxes. Let the market decide.
Efforts to rapidly restrict the use of fossil fuels is hampering the #1 goal of poverty reduction in Africa and is restricting Africa’s efforts to develop and utilize its own oil and gas resources (goal #7), as funds previously used for development are being redirected to CO2 mitigation (goal #13).
Two AP articles in the Dec 1 Times-Call provided further evidence of the refusal of the UN to accept reality regarding fossil fuels. One article reported that pressure is building at the UN sponsored COP 28 on the host country UAE to support the elimination of fossil fuels. The other article noted that the economies of OPEC nations, which includes the UAE, are dependent upon oil income. Expecting the UAE to commit economic suicide is certainly not realistic.
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