#subsidies

Given U.S. #consumption is so important globally (two-thirds bigger than #EU consumption!) the #world 's #governments have now few options to counter #Trump 's #trade #war : #state #subsidies to impacted sectors and #economic or #fiscal stimulus to avoid #recession (both triggering higher public #debt ), counter-tarrifs, and new free-trade agreements with other countries. In most cases it will be a mixture of all and reconfigure #global trade flows and #market mecanisms.

@adlerweb @nixCraft you can thank @BNetzA and illegal #VDSL #subsidies for that.

If it was my fecision, #symmetric #Ethernet #FTTH with 1GBit/s for €10 p.m. would be mandatory to every building free of charge, with 10GBit/s for every multi-tennant/unit building and 100GBit/s for every settlement!

Cultuursubsidiebeleid vraagt om een mentaliteitsverschuiving: van een vastgeroeste, puntmatige beoordeling naar een open, experimentele dialoog. Een radicaal andere manier van denken, maar juist die vernieuwing kan de culturele sector een boost geven. #Innovatie #Creativiteit #Cultuur #Samenwerking #Adviespraktijk #subsidies

https://kanteldenker.wordpress.com/2025/01/25/culturele-sector-radicaal-heruitvinden/

"#Canada’s affordability crisis and #fossilfuel company profits are linked." And still political parties are cheerleading pipelines, deregulation, more #subsidies, and a free pass on #emissions and #ecosystems destruction. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/03/26/Feeling-Broke-Blame-Big-Oil/

#BigOil #cdnpoli #cdnElxn #CorporateCapture #ClimateEmergency

Trump has declared war on the poor and coward Americans are still ridiculously silent (except for spitting on Teslas and posting on social media).

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#US #Trumpistan #FoodBank #Subsidies #Paasivity #Trumpistan #USpol

Supreme Court takes up $8B phone and internet subsidy for rural areas
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-telecommunications-fee-internet-c51526ec5c78ed913064b1c4d3399ba2
#ycombinator #Government_regulations #Courts #Federal_Communications_Commission #Internet #Subsidies #District_of_Columbia #General_news #LA_State_Wire #United_States_government #Donald_Trump #Washington_news #United_States_Congress #Politics #Sarah_Harris #U_S_news #Business #U_S_News #Washington_News

Ottawa blocks rebate payments to Tesla, bars it from future subsidies
Chrystia Freeland said the Elon Musk-owned company will not be eligible for the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program in the future.
#politics #subsidies #Tesla #electricvehicle #Ottawa #Canada
https://globalnews.ca/news/11098006/tesla-rebates-scrapped/

Ottawa blocks rebate payments to Tesla, bars it from future subsidies
Chrystia Freeland said the Elon Musk-owned company will not be eligible for the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program in the future.
#politics #subsidies #Tesla #electricvehicle #Ottawa #Canada
https://globalnews.ca/news/11098006/tesla-rebates-scrapped/

#Capitalism USA Franchise
#BlameCapitalism #RichPeoplesYachtMoney #subsidies

Filmvertoning: Food for Profit in #filmhuis #KINO, #Rotterdam, georganiseerd door #PvdD #ZuidHolland:

Woensdag 19 maart een exclusieve vertoning van #FoodforProfit – een #documentaire over hoe de #vleesindustrie, machtige lobby’s en Europese #subsidies samenkomen ten koste van #dieren, #natuur en #gezondheid.

Neem gerust een introducé mee. Vermeld dit bij je aanmelding: https://cloud.partijvoordedieren.nl/apps/forms/s/dqz2MtAJmdb2eFcQqFmCfXG8

Beelden in de docu kunnen als schokkend worden ervaren.

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"Over the years, #Musk and his #businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, #subsidies and tax credits, often at critical moments, a Washington Post analysis has found, helping seed the growth that has made him the world’s richest person.
The payments stretch back 20 years. Shortly after becoming #CEO of a cash strapped #Tesla in 2008, Musk fought hard to secure a low-interest loan from the #EnergyDepartment."
#welfare
#elonmusk
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2025/elon-musk-business-government-contracts-funding/

Energy minister clarifies confusion over apparent Metro Vancouver EV subsidies
B.C.'s energy minister has stepped in to try and clear up confusion about an electric vehicle subsidy that sparked concerns at a recent Metro Vancouver board meeting.
#energy #politics #subsidies #electricvehicle #MetroVancouver #BC
https://globalnews.ca/news/11047270/energy-minister-clarifies-confusion-over-apparent-metro-vancouver-ev-subsidies/

#bigoil #subsidies #metacrisis #polycrisis #fossilfuel #climate

A hypothetical scenario behind the anti seed oil movement is that the proponents are being bought off by various #lobbies. This would be seen if the profit margins of non seed oils is higher than seed oils.

Some examples of a non seed oil come from the #dairy industry and it seems in general that the global market size of dairy is many folds greater than for seed oils. Additionally, it seems like the dairy industry gets also many folds more subsidies than the seed oils industry. These both statements would confirm the original #hypothesis.

Though if in return the #subsidies
for the seed oils industry would increase, therefore providing the dairy industry with cheaper material, then it would create an increased profit margin. Thus questioning the original hypothesis if it is financially driven.

Alternatively, one could still explain it away as financially driven with the idea of having money now over having potentially more money tomorrow.

#ThoughtExperiment #LifeStyle #health #SeedOils #AntiSeedMovement

Local generation, storage & management of solar power is the way to go. State governments & local councils could be leading this.

Until then - why not use a wholesale provider like #Amber? Customers pay a monthly connection fee plus a subscription fee of $19, then buy & sell power at market rates. Households with solar systems have their output curtailed when feed in tariffs are negative (as happens often), export solar power when prices are positive, & if they choose to, export from battery when prices are high. You can allow the system to automate the process or you can control it yourself. This is cost effective for households that have a battery, although those with panels only may see no financial benefit compared to standard retail plans (it’s very difficult to compare relative costs of a curtailed system with those from the same system operating without curtailment, so wholesale plans don’t appear on cost comparison sites). For households with no solar, if you’re able to shift most of your usage to times when there’s lots of solar in the grid, costs are Way Way Cheaper. We did this before we had solar installed & the difference was Huge. If you need to cook dinner every evening or like to heat your house a lot, savings are not so much.

Whatever our situation, buying electricity #wholesale makes it immediately easy to see where our power is coming from & to make informed choices. It allow allows us to support the grid, & our neighbours.

#Subsidies to support households installing #batteries to back up new or existing systems, along with investment in local area generation & storage, would lower power costs for everyone while protecting the grid.

Why are we not doing this? Anyone?

Whose interests are served by keeping debate focused elsewhere?

#YeahRight #politics #policy #power #solar #electricity #CostOfLiving #AusPol

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-18/solar-households-hand-over-excess-power-to-virtual-power-plants/104827052?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

After laying off thousands of employees (8% of the #JPL's workforce) under the #Biden administration and putting on hold the #MSR mission, while favoring "space economy" (a euphemism for subsidizing the space industry) and calling upside-down moon landings and half baked private missions a success, now

#NASA is being audited by their contractor #Musk and his DOGE team.

As conflicted as this may sound, that's today's reality in #USpol

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-15/republicans-tough-nasa-choice-protect-home-state-jobs-or-back-doge

#space #SpaceEconomy #subsidies

Foreign countries have been subsidizing the United States for at least 100 years with public (and private) education.

To the tune of the cost to educate hundreds of thousands of students every single year.

Every adult immigrant has saved the US that money.

Including undocumented migrants.

See also, brain drain.

[No discussion of years of schooling, etc, thx.]

#education #fairness #subsidies #fascists

#liveyourmythingreece

"[...] the scheme was set up [with] possible involvement of state authorities, in particular people working at the organization responsible for overseeing the distribution of the money"

"In March 2024, the EU fined Greece €283 million for mismanagement"

https://www.politico.eu/article/greece-farmers-european-union-opekepe-pastureland-cap-common-agricultural-policy-2/

#greece #europe #fines #farmers #subsidies #lobby

Last week I attended an event by @klimatriksdagen on #energytransition - it was interesting and educational!
My key takeaways:
1: #windpower has decreased in price by 63% since 2009. #nuclear power, has increased in price by 49%!
2: Politics should remove fossil fuel #subsidies and invest in #energyefficiency !
3: Phase out #plastics from waste to reduce district heating #emissions
4: Secure a #sustainable #energy supply. Invest in #pumpedhydro & promote local #energycommunities