• Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      20
      ·
      9 months ago

      A billion to the industry as whole? Man they might have to fish in the couch cushions to come up with that kind of money.

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      10
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      9 months ago

      What matters here is that this is expensive enough that it suddenly makes financial sense to stop emitting in a lot of cases. That’s a big deal.

    • bartolomeo@suppo.fi
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      9 months ago

      It really should be more. The fossil fuel industry in the U.S. is subsidized to the tune of $20 billion per year. I probably don’t have to point it out but 1 billion is just 5% of the free money they get from the government anyway.