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This is in no small part because of the massive subsidization of fuel for farming in most countries. Not only is the fuel for agriculture heavily discounted, but what you do pay can be written off against your revenues.

Same with most fisheries.

If governments want these sectors to go green, that is going to be a very big and painful band-aid to peel off.




You do realize that deducting the cost of producing a product is entirely normal and expected behavior right?

It’s not some special loophole.

If you use $1000 of electricity to harvest your crops, that $1000 would be equally as deductible because it’s just a cost of production?


> but what you do pay can be written off against your revenue

How is that different from any other business expense in any other industry.


Operating expense is different from a capital expenditure.




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