re: #89 John Hughes

Lets try everything, except subsidising fossil fuels.

Increasing the economic bite is how you spur transition. Subsidies slow that.

(I suppose if there were still a critical defense need for whale oil, whaling would be subsidized. Per Wiki, whale oil was widely used in the First World War as a preventive measure against trench foot. A British infantry battalion on the Western Front could be expected to use 10 gallons of whale oil a day. The oil was rubbed directly onto bare feet in order to protect them from the effects of immersion. It was used in automotive lubricant until 1973. en.wikipedia.org)