U.S. Taxpayers Have Subsidized Fossil Fuels for 111 Years, and Counting | For the fourth year in a row, President Biden is trying to eliminate federal tax breaks for coal, oil and gas companies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/climate/tax-breaks-oil-gas-us.html?unlocked_article_code=1.c00.25T8.aNrF2882UMSM
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AquaticHelicopter@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
Woah is that a real photo? NY Times give it credit and a date so I'd assume yes it's real but also it looks so fake too. That's insane if that's actually how areas used to look!
silence7@slrpnk.net · 19 pts · 2y
Yes, that's how it used to look
kalkulat@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Yeah, that's a real photo. L.A. was built on oil.
"By 1930, California was responsible for a quarter of the world’s oil output. In some places, derricks were set so close to one another their legs overlapped."
https://99percentinvisible.org/article/hollywood-worthy-camouflage-uncovering-the-urban-oil-derricks-of-los-angeles/
towerful@programming.dev · 3 pts · 2y
Holy crap, those are some awesome links!
the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 2y
silence7@slrpnk.net · 8 pts · 2y
With more and better Democrats, it's possible. Not this year (the Republicans hold a majority in the House) but as the industry starts to go into decline, we'll pull it off, and accelerate the phase-out.