But all energy is subsidised one way or another; users of fossil fuels don't pay for the damage they do to the planet.
These companies, which include some of the world's biggest producers and users of fossil fuels, have concluded that limits on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse, or heat-trapping, gases are inevitable.
Agriculture is one of the biggest users of fossil fuel, and the necessity of feeding an ever-growing population means greater dependency on oil: it also means that more and more forests will be cleared, since we are already using practically all of the easily cultivable ground on the planet.
President Obama has long believed, as have we, that the surest way to address the threats of climate change is to put a price on the carbon emissions that power plants, cars and other users of fossil fuels emit in great quantities, without cost to the polluters but at great cost to the planet.
Because of rising gas prices, dirtier coal becomes a more attractive fuel for EU power generators and other heavy users of fossil fuels covered by the EU ETS, such as the iron and steel industries.
In a future world weaned off fossil fuels, the power to drive all sectors of our modern economies will have to be delivered through the agency of electricity – except perhaps for a limited number of licensed users of fossil fuels and some users of biofuels.
Cutting the use of fossil fuels = right.
Environmental impacts associated with the transportation of timber from forest to sawmills, then sawn timber from sawmills to manufacturing companies, and finally to end-users, consume significant amounts of fossil fuel, and thereby emit greenhouse gas (GHG) to the environment.
