The $7 Trillion Lie – How the Media Twists The Facts About Fossil Fuel Subsidies
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Guest Contributor
July 11, 2025
Guest post by Dr. Matthew Wielicki
You’ve probably heard the claim by now… that fossil fuels receive a staggering $7 trillion per year in global subsidies. The number gets repeated endlessly by the IMF, the World Bank, climate NGOs, and politicians who seem to think fossil fuels are not just dirty, they’re also living on welfare.
It is one of the most effective talking points in the climate activist arsenal… and one of the most dishonest.
In this article, I will show you how the $7 trillion figure is not only wildly inflated… it is deliberately manipulated to mislead the public, obscure where your tax dollars are actually going, and justify the unchecked siphoning of wealth into the green industrial complex. This lie is not just academic. It is the foundation for the green energy slush funds, regulatory overreach, and carbon taxes now being pushed across the globe.
And yes, I’ve been following the money for a long time.
https://climaterealism.com/2025/07/the-7-trillion-lie-how-the-media-twists-the-facts-about-fossil-fuel-subsidies/
