Developing countries, for example, have operated for many years with fossil-fuel subsidies, which have come to be widely recognized as a bad way for governments to spend their limited resources. Now these policies have to be reversed, which implies similar political challenges and costs.
能源政策上的短视并非美国所独有。比如，发展中国家多年来一直实施着化石燃料补贴，而这已被广泛视为绝非政府使用有限资源的良途。眼下，必须反其道而行之，而这意味着同样的政治挑战和成本。